A discussion with the Feminist Old Guard

Former-Dragonfly2226 · 2026-01-28T14:54:52+00:00

It’s a common misconception that feminism used to be good. It never has been. See Janice Fiamengo for details. Edit: here’s The Fiamengo File 2.0 that got me started.

Worldly-Persimmon-70 · 2026-01-28T15:10:38+00:00

Yeah, the true question isn't what they oppose. If these women still attack other women, still control their children, still run dominance games within their own communities, then their critique of modern dating isn't wisdom. It's just another control strategy with different packaging.

"Men are irresponsible" is still framing men as objects to be trained. They switched from "liberate women from men" to "make men responsible again"—but the underlying assumption is the same: men exist to be shaped by women's expectations.

Ask them how they treat women who disagree with them. That's the answer.

63daddy · 2026-01-28T16:56:37+00:00

People talk about old school feminism vs modern feminism, talk about radical feminism vs mainstream feminism. I think that’s all a distraction. Mainstream feminist organizations have long sought to disadvantage men and to that end to demonize men.

The feminist declaration of sentiments written in 1948 had anti-male sentiments. “The Fraud of Feminism”. Written in 1913 addresses how feminism sought privileges for women even then. Since the 1960s, U.S. feminist organizations have had the lobbying power to continually win anti-male legislation.

Feminism has long been and continues to be an anti-male movement. Talk of radical vs mainstream, old school vs modern is simply a distraction from that underlying fact.

reality_upside_down · 2026-01-28T17:55:49+00:00

My mum used to do the whole feminism thing in the 70s. She can confirm 2 things: the overall message is still exactly the same after 50+ years (separating men and women and women should enter the workforce and not have children) and feminism has morphed into something rabid that even she thinks it’s a load of shit.

Fearless-Scallion498 · 2026-01-28T15:57:47+00:00

It's kind of like the fickle dualistic nature of those old, free-love hippie types.

reality_upside_down · 2026-01-28T17:56:51+00:00

My grandmum thinks that women these days are rubbish and they would not be tolerated in her time. Enough said.

Angryasfk · 2026-01-29T08:38:23+00:00

They created this system. This mess. They set it up!

Isn’t that the constant feminist refrain? Men set it up? Do any of these feminists you have the “privilege” of speaking to take any responsibility at all for any of this????

Title	A discussion with the Feminist Old Guard
Author	Karkota_24Rollno
Upvotes	48
Comments	15
Date	January 28, 2026 2:33 PM UTC (5 months ago)
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