Former Bond Girl Gemma Arterton slammed after suggesting the word feminism 'excludes men' and has 'divisive' connotations

LettuceBeGrateful · 2024-09-06T15:14:21+00:00

However, some felt 'disappointed' by what they felt was the star suggesting we 'change language to make men feel more comfortable'.

Isn't that exactly what they've been asking us to do for women since we were born? Isn't that a huge part of why women constantly praise menslib?

So sick of all the double standards.

ThreeHandedSword · 2024-09-06T15:23:21+00:00

even more reason to like Gemma? don't mind if I do

Tianna92 · 2024-09-06T17:12:20+00:00

I mean, it’s literally in the word.

Femme doesn’t mean also men, as much as lefty loser women want to think it does. The whole damn movement was centered on gaining rights that women did not have. Every argument that women have in the name of feminism anymore, is completely pointless because we have all our rights. The 21st century feminist movement is weaponized sexism and nothing else. Any “brave, bold” woman that isn’t pro egalitarianism before any other ideology, is a sexist beotch.

draxvalor · 2024-09-06T17:12:04+00:00

she is 100% correct, that is why feminism doesn't embrace the egalitarian brand over feminism. they want women on top and men subservient to them. they treat it like a zero sum game.

AirSailer · 2024-09-06T16:58:24+00:00

It's unbelievable that people actually think that feminism promotes anything male. What a bunch of horseshit. If it did then it wouldn't be called "Feminism". What that ideology promotes is in the fucking name.

TaskComfortable6953 · 2024-09-06T15:46:16+00:00

This is true tho

Kwarntnd · 2024-09-06T18:37:01+00:00

She added that while she doesn't see the word feminist as a 'negative', she feels for some 'it can feel like a kind of angry word or a divisive word'.

However, some felt 'disappointed' by what they felt was the star suggesting we 'change language to make men feel more comfortable'.

Its a bit funny to me that women are arguing amongst themselves over how a word makes people feel, because 'how words make you feel' really seems to matter to women. For women, changing a word is a big deal, an 'accomplishment of progress'.

This isn't how men operate at all. Words are wind, actions matter. The word 'feminism' itself is meaningless, you can change it all you want, but if the agenda doesnt change then men's opinions of it wont change.

stereoroid · 2024-09-06T15:46:23+00:00

I recently watched the first season of Gemma’s show Funny Woman. It has some social commentary about women in the 1960s, and the other minority issues of the day, but not too much. IRL Gemma swears like a sailor and was born with more fingers than average, which helps make her all right in my book.

SarcasticallyCandour · 2024-09-07T01:21:07+00:00

The fact it excludes men is the least of its problems.

The outrageous anti male bile, victim blaming of male DV victims , the programmes in education to work against boys, the female only promotion in DEI HR policies etc. These are not excluding menxand boys they are discriminatory.

WV8VW · 2024-09-06T19:23:43+00:00

Lots of other words are being changed somehow. For example amen to amen and awomen, latin to latinx. TV shows, films and cartoons are being rewritten, like the Snow White becoming brown skinned. Half of corporation leaders have to be female.

If almost everything changes why should feminism remain the same?

edbegley1 · 2024-09-06T20:44:49+00:00

It's ironic because all over social media you have people saying "feminism is about men too becuz it's about equality", yet those same people get mad when someone like Gemma mentions becoming more inclusive of men.

Rhbgrb · 2024-09-07T00:29:57+00:00

Feminism doesn't just exclude men it excludes a large percentage of women who know feminism just means hatred for men.

KingPeverell · 2024-09-07T04:14:50+00:00

From a non American and non-western background, its hard to keep track with new genders, new phrases, new ideologies solely focused on gender popping up 🤷🏻‍♂️

Independence_soft2 · 2024-09-06T17:03:41+00:00

And she's absolutely right.

Clemicus · 2024-09-06T19:33:41+00:00

However, some felt ‘disappointed’ by what they felt was the star suggesting we ‘change language to make men feel more comfortable’.

This stuck out to me. On the face of this, this is wrong. The suggestion is to include men instead of purposely excluding them and demonising them for being men.

The problem though is, did Alterton mean within feminism or within a different movement. It sounds like the latter.

Pitsburg-787 · 2024-09-07T13:58:35+00:00

But it is a totally accurate remark.. Feminism is all about women Supremacist rhetoric.

Sick-of-you-tbh · 2024-09-06T16:27:36+00:00

Love her for this

InPrinciple63 · 2024-09-08T03:02:03+00:00

Femenism FTW.

_Hedaox_ · 2024-09-06T21:58:40+00:00

Aren't we doing the same with MEN's rights ? The logic should apply in both. Shouldn't we just be all humanists ? The focus on only women problems, without looking at men's was what triggered me to criticise feminism. But I'm afraid we are doing the same here...

Title	Former Bond Girl Gemma Arterton slammed after suggesting the word feminism 'excludes men' and has 'divisive' connotations
Author	whatafoolishsquid
Upvotes	794
Comments	49
Date	September 6, 2024 2:13 PM UTC (1 year ago)
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