2 Questions for Feminists | A quick way to find out if a feminist is really "for gender equality", by asking about the topic where feminists almost always oppose gender equality.

DavidByron2 · 2021-10-04T17:03:53+00:00

Well of course all feminists oppose gender equality.....

...but yeah there's some areas it's easier to catch them in a lie. On the stupid rape thing the classic question is "if two lesbians get drunk and have sex which one rapes the other?" though of course you might ask "if a man and woman get drunk and have sex which one rapes the other?" first but we all know how that is answered so I just start with the question about the lesbians.

If you want to prove a US feminist is a bigot you can ask them if the support the current segregationist system of domestic violence shelters in the US. Of course it's not really segregationist because male victims don't get any service at all whereas at least black people in the old South would get the back of the bus.

In general digging down on any issue will reveal them. But watch out for their constant moving the goal posts on issues. eg on the wage gap they'll start off claiming it's true and then when you point out it's a lie they'll move to defending a completely different factoid namely that women earn less than men on average (not "for the same work"). The key is to ask them why they lied in the first place and not allow them to just move the goal posts. Ask them if they knew the "for the same work" statement was false when they initially defended it (they did of course) and ask them why they decided to lie.

StripedFalafel · 2021-10-04T23:41:17+00:00

In feminist terminology, "gender equality" means female privilege. If you check, you'll fnd they use the term quite consistently. It does not mean dictionary equality (ie equality as defined in a dictionary - in fact it's almost the opposite.

You'll also find that they use "gender equity" to refer to discrimination against males.

RoryTate · 2021-10-04T17:54:25+00:00

Yeah, the sentencing gap is my go-to argument when it comes to disingenuous claims that "feminism is about equality". The results are always predictable: they never want to change things in any way, either to extend sentences for women, or shorten them for men. The only "advance" that I've ever heard from feminist organizations, media, etc, is to close down female prisons, which only further widens the unequal treatment.

blueketchupp · 2021-10-04T22:06:34+00:00

For me it's 2 times answer b

TheAynRandFan · 2021-10-04T21:21:52+00:00

I picked jail for both. I'm a woman and that's how I feel.

Neither_Impression22 · 2021-10-05T15:18:47+00:00

Can you actually give an example of a feminist who answers those 2 questions differently?

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