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"Pussy" Symbolism and the Masked Hatred of the Women’s March
When vulgarity, emasculation and self-hate stands for empowerment.
January 26, 2017
Dawn Perlmutter
"Pussy" was the primary symbolism and message of the January 21st Women’s March. From protest signs to the thousands of pink hats, it was in your face throughout the march.
The hats with the cute little cat ears were called "pussyhats" and were sponsored by the "Pink Pussy Project". The women behind the 'Pussyhat Project" decided that inundating the National Mall with a million handmade, cat-eared knitted hats, dubbed "pussyhats," was the perfect emblem of solidarity and support for women's rights. Their explanation was that the "pussyhat" was a play on the word "pussycat" but also referenced President Donald Trump’s infamous comments on a hot microphone from an "Access Hollywood" video.
They were successful. Both visually and substantially the Women’s March was characterized by cute cat-eared hats and the word "pussy." Signs read: "Get Your Politics Out of my Pussy"; "The Pussy is watching" (which included a picture of a vagina); "My Pussy My Choice My Body My Voice"; "My Neck, My Back, My Pussy Will Grab Back"; "Stay Cunty"; "Pussy Trumps Tyranny"; "Not My Pussydent"; "Fear The Pussy"; "My Vagina has a better lineup than Trumps inauguration"; "Viva la Vulva" and much more. Other signs had images of fallopian tubes and vaginas. Several women were dressed as giant vaginas.
On the Pink Pussy Project website under the subtitle "Power of Pussy," they explained the symbolism of their hats. “We chose this loaded word for our project because we want to reclaim the term as a means of empowerment.”
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These privileged, spoiled, angry women predicated their march on a locker room insult from 12 years ago. They could have had a platform on women who are sexually trafficked, on the millions of Muslim women who have no rights, on female genital mutilation, on prostitution, on honor killing, or on girls being sold into slavery. Instead they were more concerned about how they looked in their "pussyhats" and who held the most creative vulgar sign. They should have tried to march with their placards and outfits in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Nigeria and any number of other countries. Then they would have seen what real persecution and injustice look like. Their march was literally a day in the park where they could go home safely afterwards and feel self-righteous -- as if they made a difference. However, their primary achievement was to stick their heads back in the sand instead of helping real persecuted women in any significant way. Indeed, they will not face the harsh realities of women being kidnapped and enslaved. And they will not acknowledge that the women who are doing their manicures and pedicures may be victims of human trafficking, or that they are endangering their little girls by dressing them provocatively. From their distorted self-hating worldview, sexual violence perpetrated by adversary cultures and ideologies is a myth.
It is ironic that the "pussy" theme is attributed to the new administration. But that word, if anything, might in fact be the perfect symbolism of the last administration -- which did not have the courage to maintain redlines, help 200 Nigerian schoolgirls that were kidnapped or protect Yazidi women, who are being tortured and raped everyday of their lives. It is an administration that had a female Secretary of State who left Americans in Benghazi to die.
These "pussy-themed" multi-city marches have actually been organized before. In 2000, Gloria Steinem, one of the grandmothers of contemporary feminism, declared that the heart-shaped symbol of Valentine's Day is not really a symbol of the human heart but a symbol of female genitalia because it resembles a vulva more than a heart. The symbol, according to Steinem, “was reduced from power to romance by centuries of male dominance.” Steinem's declaration resulted in a feminist war on Valentine’s Day where “the oppressive romantic trappings of Valentine's Day must be cleared away so the original genital power can shine through.” Since 2000, Valentine’s Day became known as Vagina Day, or V-Day for short and "pussy" marches started that year.
For the Left, the V in V-Day is said to stand for violence and victory as well as vagina. In his article, "V-Day: The Feminist War Against Love," David Horowitz described the 2001 V-Day Demonstrations as:
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Thus, while the protesters in the Women's March believe that the representations of the "pussy" are symbols of female empowerment, the evidence demonstrates that they are everything but that. But just as these women’s marches are actually not about women at all, they will remain with us, for they are the deliberate and calculated next stage in the progressives' war of hate on our civilization -- and on all the men and women in it.
"Pussy" Symbolism and the Masked Hatred of the Women’s March
"Pussy" Symbolism and the Masked Hatred of the Women’s March
When vulgarity, emasculation and self-hate stands for empowerment.
January 26, 2017
Dawn Perlmutter
"Pussy" was the primary symbolism and message of the January 21st Women’s March. From protest signs to the thousands of pink hats, it was in your face throughout the march.
The hats with the cute little cat ears were called "pussyhats" and were sponsored by the "Pink Pussy Project". The women behind the 'Pussyhat Project" decided that inundating the National Mall with a million handmade, cat-eared knitted hats, dubbed "pussyhats," was the perfect emblem of solidarity and support for women's rights. Their explanation was that the "pussyhat" was a play on the word "pussycat" but also referenced President Donald Trump’s infamous comments on a hot microphone from an "Access Hollywood" video.
They were successful. Both visually and substantially the Women’s March was characterized by cute cat-eared hats and the word "pussy." Signs read: "Get Your Politics Out of my Pussy"; "The Pussy is watching" (which included a picture of a vagina); "My Pussy My Choice My Body My Voice"; "My Neck, My Back, My Pussy Will Grab Back"; "Stay Cunty"; "Pussy Trumps Tyranny"; "Not My Pussydent"; "Fear The Pussy"; "My Vagina has a better lineup than Trumps inauguration"; "Viva la Vulva" and much more. Other signs had images of fallopian tubes and vaginas. Several women were dressed as giant vaginas.
On the Pink Pussy Project website under the subtitle "Power of Pussy," they explained the symbolism of their hats. “We chose this loaded word for our project because we want to reclaim the term as a means of empowerment.”
...
These privileged, spoiled, angry women predicated their march on a locker room insult from 12 years ago. They could have had a platform on women who are sexually trafficked, on the millions of Muslim women who have no rights, on female genital mutilation, on prostitution, on honor killing, or on girls being sold into slavery. Instead they were more concerned about how they looked in their "pussyhats" and who held the most creative vulgar sign. They should have tried to march with their placards and outfits in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Nigeria and any number of other countries. Then they would have seen what real persecution and injustice look like. Their march was literally a day in the park where they could go home safely afterwards and feel self-righteous -- as if they made a difference. However, their primary achievement was to stick their heads back in the sand instead of helping real persecuted women in any significant way. Indeed, they will not face the harsh realities of women being kidnapped and enslaved. And they will not acknowledge that the women who are doing their manicures and pedicures may be victims of human trafficking, or that they are endangering their little girls by dressing them provocatively. From their distorted self-hating worldview, sexual violence perpetrated by adversary cultures and ideologies is a myth.
It is ironic that the "pussy" theme is attributed to the new administration. But that word, if anything, might in fact be the perfect symbolism of the last administration -- which did not have the courage to maintain redlines, help 200 Nigerian schoolgirls that were kidnapped or protect Yazidi women, who are being tortured and raped everyday of their lives. It is an administration that had a female Secretary of State who left Americans in Benghazi to die.
These "pussy-themed" multi-city marches have actually been organized before. In 2000, Gloria Steinem, one of the grandmothers of contemporary feminism, declared that the heart-shaped symbol of Valentine's Day is not really a symbol of the human heart but a symbol of female genitalia because it resembles a vulva more than a heart. The symbol, according to Steinem, “was reduced from power to romance by centuries of male dominance.” Steinem's declaration resulted in a feminist war on Valentine’s Day where “the oppressive romantic trappings of Valentine's Day must be cleared away so the original genital power can shine through.” Since 2000, Valentine’s Day became known as Vagina Day, or V-Day for short and "pussy" marches started that year.
For the Left, the V in V-Day is said to stand for violence and victory as well as vagina. In his article, "V-Day: The Feminist War Against Love," David Horowitz described the 2001 V-Day Demonstrations as:
...
Thus, while the protesters in the Women's March believe that the representations of the "pussy" are symbols of female empowerment, the evidence demonstrates that they are everything but that. But just as these women’s marches are actually not about women at all, they will remain with us, for they are the deliberate and calculated next stage in the progressives' war of hate on our civilization -- and on all the men and women in it.
"Pussy" Symbolism and the Masked Hatred of the Women’s March
