Do feminist justifications for discrimination stack up?

CritiquingFeminism · 2025-02-18T03:05:09+00:00

Summary:

Under feminism, women are favoured & men disadvantaged. Can that be justified? I look at the 3 most common justifications:

Equality of Outcome fails as a way to redistribute resources to the needy, since it favours privileged women above needy men. It also undermines merit, is divisive & discriminatory.
Women’s Rights probably aren’t what you think they are. They are conjured up on demand to provide privilege to women & are unrelated to any historical human rights. In fact, because males are deliberately excluded, Women's Rights stand in opposition to human rights.
Retribution means to justify anti-male policies as payback for historical injustices. Such discrimination cannot fix past injustices, it can only fuel a new cycle. Retribution is merely institutionalised vindictiveness.

Conclusion: All three justifications are merely rhetoric. Rhetoric can obscure a wrong, but it cannot transmute it into something morally right.

My second essay on Substack! Interested to hear your comments & questions!

Cheers

Ok_Night_7767 · 2025-02-19T23:48:10+00:00

Their arguments in favor of reverse discrimination are merely expressions of self-interest masquerading as justification, but two wrongs don’t make a right, and the end does not justify the means

Title	Do feminist justifications for discrimination stack up?
Author	CritiquingFeminism
Upvotes	27
Comments	3
Date	February 18, 2025 3:03 AM UTC (1 year ago)
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