Civilized Marbles

Once upon a time there was a boy named Joey. Joey's prized possession was a bag of marbles. He treasured them and played with them and marveled at how pretty they were. One day a bigger boy with red hair named Tommy pushed Joey down and stole his marbles. Joey cried and cried and then he got angry. Joey watched Tommy, hated Tommy, plotted against Tommy.

One day, Joey saw that Tommy had left his marbles unattended. Joey sneaked over and stole his marbles back AND stole Tommy's marbles too. Now Joey had all of the marbles, but he was still angry. Later on he saw a boy named Jeffrey. Jeffrey had red hair too and this made Joey angry. When Jeffrey's back was turned, Joey stole Jeffrey's marbles too. When his parents caught him, he told them of the other red haired boy who stole his marbles and said that it was okay because all red haired boys were thieves.

This is what modern American Feminism has become. All the women who have had their marbles stolen are trying to steal all of the marbles of every man because some men have hurt women. The same can be said about racism, religious persecution, and any other type of power struggle that exists in our culture. We need to get OUR marbles back, but share the others. That is what it means to be “civilized.”