Emma Watson and Malala Just Nailed What Feminism Actually Means — And MRAs Should Listen Up

_Panz · 2015-11-09T12:39:11+00:00

Let's us women who have tens of millions of dollars exploit a girl who grew up in a mud hut. Bravo, feminists. How did her brothers fair?

DougDante · 2015-11-09T12:43:13+00:00

My comment (on Mic Facebook page):

"I am a feminist and we all should be feminists because feminism is another word for equality," Yousafzai explained.

Great, as someone who is a feminist who fights for the equal rights of boys and men, I hope Malala will join me in demanding an end to the illegal discrimination against raped boys and men in her native Pakistan.

A father's simple words tell us of the horrors that many boys in Pakistan and their families face:

“A gang of three men took my son from his furniture workshop to repair a door. But they raped him at their home for two days and then threw him on the road. He committed suicide after policemen refused to register his case and instead abused him,” the father told AFP.

To petition UN Women, the UN, the Commonwealth, and Pakistan, urging them to honor their human rights obligations to these boys, find on reddit dot com slash r slash mractivism (The Men's Rights Activism Subreddit):

Action Opportunity: End Illegal Discrimination in Pakistan Denying Justice to Raped Boys

I also urge individuals and organization that labels themselves as "feminist" to join those labeled as "MRAs" to join this feminist cause.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/3h61gh/action_opportunity_end_illegal_discrimination_in/

MrDoradus · 2015-11-09T13:56:09+00:00

This kind of campaigning is blood-boiling. Sure Malala has plenty of reasons to be a feminist, so do all the women in 3rd world countries. It's not even a gendered issue, all people in 3rd world countries need a shit ton of extra rights and life opportunities. Most of the issues they face aren't gender exclusive, while some are affecting only boys and men. That's just how shitty they all have it. Edit: Disclaimer; if we take religion out of the picture

But Watson needs to stop falsely equivalencing feminism in 1st world countries to that in 3rd world ones. Just stop with this bullshit fallacious comparison and come out with sappy "that's why we need feminism" messages as to why feminism should be supported and funded in developed world too.

"I'm just like Malala, people called me bossy when I was young and wanted to order people around" is what you are saying, dammit just dammit.

PS: OP your title becomes only apparently sarcastic after reading your comment too. Those down-votes you're getting are because of that.

McFeely_Smackup · 2015-11-09T18:34:00+00:00

"I am a feminist and we all should be feminists because feminism is another word for equality,"

Unfortunately Malala is operating under the mistaken principle that words mean what the dictionary says they mean.

It's a bit like saying "Atheists should support Christian science, because science is good for everyone".

DillipFayKick · 2015-11-09T18:23:34+00:00

If feminism means equality, why is it named for half of the population?

icefire54 · 2015-11-09T20:18:57+00:00

"Oh shit. HeForShe was a flop. What do we do?"

"I know. We need a BROWN PERSON!"

McFeely_Smackup · 2015-11-09T15:37:24+00:00

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Title	Emma Watson and Malala Just Nailed What Feminism Actually Means — And MRAs Should Listen Up
Author	DougDante
Upvotes	21
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Date	November 9, 2015 12:34 PM UTC (10 years ago)
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