i go to an all girls school and the amount of feminism that’s integrated into everything is way too overbearing. it’s all about women’s achievements, we’re all Future Independent Women; in lessons showing successful businesspeople and athletes in different subjects, it’s all women. we get hounded about beating the wage gap and are encouraged to join STEM and so on. i mean, it could be empowering but they show it in such a toxic way it’s kind of too much for me.
for a room 101 project, i wrote a speech about “banning” third wave feminism and talking about men’s issues. that’s p much all the activism i can do, and i’m sure many of you will think i’m too young and that and tbh i agree. but if any of you are bothered to you can ask me questions...
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oh wait, sorry, i didn’t see all of your question but yeah, absolute zero about men’s achievements and empowering men. instead it’s all of the female empowerment stuff i’ve mentioned and more.
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i’ve mentioned some stuff in my other reply but, for example, we have this thing called “deep learning day” every 6 weeks or so (it’s cringe i know) where we do other stuff about business and sociology that most people won’t do unless they choose to study that in their last two years of secondary school.
on one of these days, they brought in working people from all different types of work - all women.
another, one session was all about feminism. and it started with Disney princesses. fucking Disney. this bald middle aged self proclaimed feminist talking about how damaging the Disney princesses are for female body image. he said that “if you aren’t a feminist, then you’re just a bad person and i cannot see myself agreeing with you ever”. i disagreed and said how you can advocate equal rights without being a feminist - he waved it off and then in PRIVATE said he agreed but he was just making a point.
in another session, we talked about consent and stuff. when we were talking about the importance of recognising that rape against men is a thing (finally) a girl went on about how it’s because nOboDy believes a woman can have power, so when she does have “power” it isn’t believed - you don’t even understand how much this irritated me omg.
so yeah, those are some examples, sorry for how long this is haha. thanks for your question!
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i have actually! it was very interesting, though i’ve only watched the first 20 minutes or so. i found it very telling how the leaders of the feminist organisations would completely shut down the mra guy, something Elam i think it was. maybe i’ll finish it sometime soon.
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thank you! i hate to be r/lewronggeneration but sometimes people my age just make me cringe. i’m thinking it’s the loud minority thing tho!
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um im not angry wym?
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is english your first language?
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thanks lol. just second guessing myself, a lot of users on reddit are adults, it’s a little intimidating. makes me feel like a child :p
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Similar age, can confirm.
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only you understand my adolescent woes!
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Yeah. I enjoy going on here because there's people that are smart, unlike people at my school.
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well as i’m british it works slightly different i suppose. secondary school or “high school” here is from age 11-16, afterward is college aged 16-18 and after that is university. used to be non mandatory to go to college, now it is, but either way i’m definitely going to college and most likely going on to uni after that as well.
if you happen to be american, which i’m assuming because of the way you phrased your question, how does it work? it’s my understanding that middle school is age 11-14 and then high school is age 15-18. so american high school would encompass time spent in british college, so you’d just go on to university after high school... does that make sense? am i right? this has confused me for years but books and movies portraying american schooling have given me a general idea of it, i think.
i sure know how to turn a simple question into a long winded answer huh..
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well i think we brits must have an extra year because aside from nursery and reception (preschool and kindergarten???) we have years 1-13 until we start uni (or choose not to) anyways, thanks for the explanation
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no they don’t manipulate history or any other part of our actual education. but what they do do is plaster the walls with feminist symbols (my english classroom has an entire wall of feminist stuff with a badly drawn feminist logo), talk about it often in assemblies (once a week), talking about it in registration (every morning) and on the “deep learning days” i’ve mentioned and so much more, honestly.
but apart from my old fatass history teacher of last year making a comment on how empowering queen elizabeth was (maybe an actual valid point tbh, but only to the women of the victorian era) they haven’t crossed that line, don’t worry.
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wow what?? this is news to me, i’m surprised i don’t know this, i need to check it out. it’s basically taught that “men had all the rights and women had to fight for theirs”. but now i think about it it was probably mentioned at some point that only middle class and up could vote or something, but wow. it was always a focus on women and their protests and their fight for a vote, so this is really a testament to the bias huh?
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i’m not all that well informed about the subject if i’m honest - i’d like to steer clear of overly gory stuff like that, i’m a bit of a pussy lol. still, i think any kind of mutilation on a person regardless of their gender is disgusting, and as far as i know it doesn’t hold that much medical significance and is mainly about flawed notions about “purity” and that. we in school recently got taught in a dld session about FGM and i was horrified; a girl even fainted. i’d like to wait a while before i read stuff about similar things being done to men - it’s selfish and ignorant of me i know but i get a little nervous about things like that.
i do also think it’s unfair how there is more focus on fgm than there is on male circumcision. but yeah. thanks!
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hello fellow adolescent lol
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don’t think that’s gonna happen man but thanks :p
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welp school works differently in the UK - i’m in high school (secondary school) rn and i’m going to college and then uni so yeah. my political views should be of no interest to any teacher and if they are you must be fucking delusional if you think i’m going to sit back and take it, or that anyone else will. because instead of telling strangers online, strangers that are probably far younger than me, that they’re going to fail in the future, i’m interested in bettering myself. i’m not going to be scared into submission by telling me stuff that’s pretty illegal are going to happen to me in the future. so thanks, but no :)
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it went well actually. i received a distinction (basically a high pass - it was a project wherein everyone had to write a speech banning something btw). there were a few hardcore feminist friends of mine who were respectful about it, but after my speech they didn’t try debating with me about feminism that much anymore.
i think the first and second waves were significant, important and valuable to our society. i guess i specifically disagree with third wave. i find so many aspects of it absurd and stupid and fucking sexist at times; the wage gap, the patriarchy, toxic masculinity, privilege, etc. i think it’s damaging and creates an environment that promotes victimhood and catering to women’s needs; it lowers standards for women rather than promoting the idea that everyone should work hard for what they want (be it a job, lifestyle, whatever) without fear of discrimination.
thanks for your question!
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yes. i have two, both younger than me. why?
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think ya missed a word. did you mean things aren’t going to be easy for me? how so?
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i’ve literally received two comments that are somewhat mean, and i just find them funny. i am not to be scared out of sharing my opinion thanks :)
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Only 14 and already whoring for karma
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lol. how can i go back to where i’ve never been?
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heh heh that’s a shame
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