Well, this video (5:49) is interesting. A young American woman in a car resists arrest by a policeman – throughout the exchange he displays the patience of a saint, it has to be said – and she records the encounter, in a transparent bid to win a ‘Gormless Feminist of the Month’ award. At 1:40:
I am not a US citizen. I am a free inhabitant. I am of the Earth. I do not belong to any corporation. I do not belong to any country. A free inhabitant is… is… is… they are free people, they have all the rights of a US citizen without following any of their laws.
Displaying admirable control, the policeman drily responds:
Well, that would be pure anarchy, if that were the case.
At 3:21 she makes some dubious claims, all things considered:
You’re raping me. This is rape. This is rape. This is rape.
She then screams. At 5:04, the high point of her bid to win our award:
Policeman: You’re under arrest.
Woman: No, I’m not.
It turns out he was right, and she was wrong.
This woman is not gormless. Dangerous yes, gormless no. This woman should be committed to a secure mental hospital and constantly sedated. It isn’t necessary to do that with gormless women, of whatever sex or gender. Gormless women can be silenced with a simple bit of rational Mikesplaining, if I may be permitted to coin the word – that woman only shuts up when she thinks she’s in for a hiding, and when she sees that she isn’t, she sets off again. An order for committal for her, and a lifetime of ECT and aversion therapy, not an award.
This would make a great Monty Python sketch
hahahahahahaha… you’re under arrest… no i’m not…