Feminism used to be about expanding freedom. What went wrong?

iainmf · 2014-11-18T03:28:45+00:00

Once an organisation gets large enough, it's primary goal often shifts to self-preservation.

Erin Pizzy says that feminists started to run out of money in the 70s. So when she set up the first domestic violence shelter, feminists swept in and took over the whole issue, making shelters only for women and getting lots of money from the government to do it. Erin was eventually forced to leave the country.

Basically feminists rely on everyone's desire to help and protect women to make money.

eletheros · 2014-11-18T02:08:07+00:00

Women got freedom, and then the political groups wanted to keep the money flowing. Thus the idea of forever-a-victim was born. So now women have always been victims, are victims, will forever be victims and they can never do enough to stop it. It has to be the literal most depowering viewpoint possible to hold.

tectonic9 · 2014-11-18T05:03:38+00:00

False premise. Remember that the major historical foundation of feminist political organization was the temperance movement, which was primarily about removing the freedom to drink alcohol. It's no mere coincidence that back in 1873 alcohol consumption was mostly a male indulgence, and that bars were places where men could meet and socialize outside the purview of women. So more or less from its inception, feminism included the urge to eliminate male spaces and curtail freedoms of men.

neightdog · 2014-11-18T16:32:16+00:00

It is now run by hyoocritical sexists

Title	Feminism used to be about expanding freedom. What went wrong?
Author	LordMises
Upvotes	20
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Date	November 18, 2014 1:31 AM UTC (11 years ago)
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