FEMINIST DOGMA

2012-01-26T21:16:56+00:00

I was with her wholeheartedly until the first paragraph ended.

The difference between FEMINISM and people who identify as feminists is this:

FEMINISM actively campaigns and lobbies for legislation in favor of women, and against men. This happens in countries all over the world.

Women who identify as feminists take a course, and post shit on the internet.

This woman is delusional. She is attempting to silence any skepticism or critique of feminism, by painting it as diffuse and splintered. Feminism is neither of those things. Patriarchy theory? Males are always oppressors? Females are always victims? DV and rape legislation? Primary aggressor policies? Mandatory child custody for women? The non-existent gender cap? Funding for education for girls when they already lead in all categories from primary school to post grad work except STEM PhDs? Affirmative action quotas in the workplace that led to a shut down of a construction crew because they didn't have 11% of workers as females [god forbid women don't want to work in construction -- they must be oppressed.]

Feminism is diffuse?

In both Britain and the US feminist lawmakers have argued that female prisons be abolished. They've discussed it in Australia, but it has not actively made it to political discourse yet. In California, they actually started a program to let women with children out of prison [but not fathers] because their morally and financially bankrupt state couldn't pay for both the prisoners and their children. NOW has actively campaigned against male domestic violence shelters, and against 50/50 custody laws, fighting VEHEMENTLY to keep men away from their children [and probably because they know the divorce industry would take a huge hit if fathers weren't forced to empty their coffers into the state and vindictive ex wives or ex lovers.]

So, chica, tell me again how feminism is diffuse, not a monolith, and why we shouldn't try and dissect it, to see if it actually makes sense? To see if its claims are valid, if its theories are actually true?

Oh yea, because if we do, it will fall down like the sexist and oppressive house of cards that it is.

Celda · 2012-01-26T19:32:52+00:00

To save someone reading time, the summary of this is:

"Feminism is not a monolith" and "Not all feminists are like that." I offered a rebuttal, not sure if it will get past moderation.

frehop · 2012-01-26T19:48:37+00:00

Yeah, feminism is pretty broad. No shit. But, like any other ideology, there are certain core beliefs that you'd have to agree with in order to call yourself a feminist. Kind of like how to be a christian, you have to believe that jesus was god. If you don't believe in jesus, then you really can't call yourself a christian. But, christianity still has a pretty broad set of beliefs.

These are the types of things where skepticism goes out of the window for feminism. When you question something like the patriarchy theory, most feminists skip the "rational debate" step and go straight for "you fucking misogynist!"

2012-01-27T00:06:37+00:00

NAFALT!!!!!

OirishM · 2012-01-27T02:33:23+00:00

Fucking unadulterated bullshit.

This is like saying there's no dogma in Christianity because there are multiple different denominations within it. Blatantly false excuse-making. Each subset can still have its own dogma.

Title	FEMINIST DOGMA
Author	smischmal
Upvotes	6
Comments	20
Date	January 26, 2012 7:01 PM UTC (14 years ago)
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