Having Achieved World Peace, UN Turns Its Attention to Alexa and Siri—Symbols of the Patriarchy

The United Nations -- an organization more useless and irritating than an inflamed, pus-filled human appendix -- is once again busy dealing with the most pressing international issues:

From The Independent Women's Forum:

The Wall Street Journal  notes:


The authors note with alarm that “most leading voice assistants are exclusively female or female by default, both in name and in sound of voice.” This includes Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, and  Microsoft ’s Cortana. The report says that these voices send “a signal that women are obliging, docile, eager-to-please helpers, available at the touch of a button or with a blunt voice command like ‘hey’ or ‘OK.’” Read on, they’re rolling."


The above are quotes from different parts of the original Wall Street Journal article.

We should probably begin by acknowledging that calling Cortana "hot" is a tech fetish, not an exercise of patriarchal power.

Or -- more reality-based -- we could just correctly assume that anybody speaking like that to a digital assistant is joking.

The grievance peddlers around the world live in a fictional world. They see oppressive shadows everywhere, none of which exist. That's right, I said "none."

Look, I am the patriarchy. I'll admit, it's fun most of the time. We really don't have the vision and reach that we're given credit for, however.

Most of us are also smart enough to differentiate between a disembodied, programmed voice and a real live woman. A huge, relaxing part of being the patriarchy is that we never, ever overthink things. None of us are listening to Alexa's weather update and spinning that into a "My Hot Secretary" fantasy.

You know who does things like that? Males who subscribe to third-wave feminist nonsense because they're personality-free beta drones who think doing so will make women like them.

Or notice them.

Maybe just once.

While it is true that most UN members are very adept at beclowning themselves, this is rather pathetic even for them. Women who live in countries where they are truly oppressed (shout out to you, sharia law lands!) aren't sitting around thinking, "You know what the real problem is here...Siri."

It is easier for the UN to grandstand than look inward and deal with real problems, though, and that's how this sort of idiocy has become the norm there.

As for things over here at the patriarchy, until Alexa can get me a beer while I'm watching football, "she" is no tool at all.