Pornography: Men Possessing Women, by: Andrea ... - Feminish

was to extend in time, to be not only use of but lifelong possessionof, or ownership.Sixth, the power of money is a distinctly male power. Moneyspeaks, but it speaks with a male voice. In the hands of women,money stays literal; count it out, it buys what it is worth or less. Inthe hands of men, money buys women, sex, status, dignity, esteem,recognition, loyalty, all manner of possibility. In the hands of men,money does not only buy; it brings with it qualities, achievements,honor, respect. On every economic level, the meaning of money issignificantly different for men than for women. Enough money,amassed by men, becomes clean even when it is dirty. Women arecursed for succeeding relative to their peer group of men. Poorwomen, in general, use money for the basic survival of themselvesand their children. Poor men, in general, use money to anastonishing degree for pleasure. Rich women use money especiallyfor adornment so that they will be desirable to men: money does notfree them from the dicta of men. Rich men use money for pleasureand to make money. Money in the hands of a man signifies worthand accomplishment; in the hands of a woman, it is evidence ofsomething foul, unwomanly ambition or greed. The sixth tenet ofmale supremacy is that money properly expresses masculinity. Menkeep money for themselves. They dole it out to women andchildren. Men keep the marketplace for themselves: women earnless than men for doing equivalent work, despite the fact thateveryone believes in equal pay for equal work; working women withcollege degrees on the average earn less than men with an eighthgradeeducation; job segregation and just plain exclusion from thelabor force, through outright discrimination in hiring and alsothrough forced pregnancy, keep women as a class poor, away frommoney as such, unable to earn adequate amounts of money or toaccumulate it.Money has an extreme sexual component. As Phyllis Chesler andEmily Jane Goodman wrote in Women, Money and Power: “The maletouch signifies economic dominance. ” 3When a poor man seduces orrapes a richer woman, his touch signifies economic rebellion.Money is primary in the acquisition of sex and sex is primary in the