I want equality but I want free shit

Stripes1974 · 2017-09-06T03:41:44+00:00

The biggest issue I have with "so-called" feminism is that is does not (seem to) understand what is meant in asking for equality.

They don't (seem to) want equality; they (seem to) want special privileges and special treatment.

You cannot say that you want equality, while actually asking for special privileges, and not be a hypocrite. And until they fix that, I cannot in good conscious support "so-called" feminism.

EricAllonde · 2017-09-06T04:06:46+00:00

The claim that "women don't really want equality" is supported by scientific research on this topic, reported in a paper titled "Lay misperceptions of the relationship between men’s benevolent and hostile sexism" by Amy Yeung. Her research showed that women do not in fact want equality, they want "benevolent sexism" and that's the standard of behaviour by which they judge men.

Amy's research exposed women to three types of behaviours: Hostile Sexism (which is what people normally think of when they hear the word 'sexism'), Equality (i.e. treating women exactly the same as men) and Benevolent Sexism (i.e. giving women advantages and preferential treatment on the assumption that they are less capable than men).

The interesting thing is that the women in the study considered Equality to be the same as Hostile Sexism, i.e. misogynistic & sexist behaviour by men. They were only happy with Benevolent Sexism, which they assumed to be normal, expected behaviour for men and which they misunderstood to be equality.

This quirk of psychology helps explain why many women are so hostile towards men's rights advocates and their pursuit of true gender equality, as well as why there has been such an overreaction to The Red Pill movie and accompanying attempts to have it banned.

"Lay misperceptions of the relationship between men’s benevolent and hostile sexism" by Amy Yeung

esfoster · 2017-09-06T04:00:21+00:00

Has this meme reached its peak yet?

Gothingbop · 2017-09-06T04:21:55+00:00

It's weird, I've been with plenty of women who actually want to split the check, or if the waiter assumes it's together they'll try to spot me some cash. Maybe I gravitate towards more reasonable women, but I think the assumption that men should pay for everything is on it's way out

theothermod · 2017-09-06T04:26:22+00:00

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pentestscribble · 2017-09-06T02:55:04+00:00

I mean, thats just chivalry, but then, chivalry is the product of times that feminists would consider putridly misogynystic.

No, I am not a feminist, I am just saying that feminists shouldn't pick and choose what they hate from a certain time.

Title	I want equality but I want free shit
Author	Regulater86
Upvotes	296
Comments	18
Date	September 6, 2017 2:11 AM UTC (8 years ago)
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