I
have the rather amazing ability to immerse myself in a given discipline
and, in pretty short order, gain PhD equivalence. Sometimes I
don't
require anything but common sense to kick the underpinnings from so
called "scientific" facts. Like yesterday.
I
was watching a Nat Geo channel show about sea life when the subject
turned to the seahorse. Straight away the (female) "expert"
asserted that, alone
among fish, the male of the species carries and gives birth to baby
seahorses! Now, this is not the first time I've heard that, but after
honing my senses during the recent serge of phony bullshit that's
swamped the culture, it lit me up this time. The viewer is told
that
the male seahorse is identified by the "brood pouch" on his
belly. The
female seahorse has no brood pouch. So let's walk this
through.
- The male seahorse makes a pinging noise to
attract a mate.
- They "do it", and the male is left with a belly
full of fertilized eggs.
- The female is last seen flitting about without a
care.
- The male gives birth .
Right. I am not making this up.
Now, take 4 or 5 seconds and ask yourself, hey, what's the difference between a male
and female of any species? That's right. The female gets
her eggs fertilized by the male and later gives birth. Sometimes
the
male will stick around and help to build a nest, and even babysit after
the birth; others keep "bar-hopping." But, the thing that gets knocked
up, to be crude, is the thing that's
the female. Period. Right? Of course.
So what we have here is possibly the first known attempt by "feminist"
scholars to advance the notion of their superiority. And, so far male
fishologists, either through timidity, or lacking any critical thinking
ability, haven't questioned it. Now it's accepted
"science."
Well, I'm not taking it anymore! Dammit. And neither should you.
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