What is Feminism? (Link problems fixed)

laudet · 2015-08-22T03:19:26+00:00

I'll give it a shot.

Feminism is the bizarre belief that men and women are exactly the same except for reproductive organs, despite mountains of scientific evidence to the contrary.

Feminism is the bizarre belief that throughout recorded history, men have set about to oppress women despite men having their first and most intense emotional bonds with women.

Feminism is the bizarre belief that "benevolent sexism" -- the desire by men to protect women and make sure they are happy -- is a minor hiccup in the patriarchy.

Feminism is the bizarre belief that "power" is equivalent to being forced to fight and die in wars to protect women, and to work incredibly dangerous jobs to provide for women.

Feminism is the bizarre belief that despite the presence throughout history of female tradesmen, female scientists, female authors, female artists and female sweatshop workers, women have been "denied the right to work" and "denied the the right to own property."

Feminism is the bizarre belief that "women have been denied the right to vote throughout history!" -- even though men have also been denied said right, and were nevertheless expected to fulfill civic duties, an obligation to which women have yet to be subjected.

Feminism is the bizarre belief that men are "sexually powerful" and privileged even though women are the gatekeepers to sex.

Feminism is the bizarre belief that male leaders are uniquely violent and immoral, despite Cleopatra, Queen Elizabeth, and hundreds of other cruel, war-mongering female rulers.

Feminism is the bizarre belief that the sex who has to work more is more privileged than the sex who has to work less.

Feminism is the bizarre belief that women were historically oppressed in the same manner as eg early trade unionists, even though the latter group died in the tens of thousands to secure the right to organize; conversely, when women got together and demanded female-specific rights, they were simply given them without a drop of bloodshed.

Feminism is the bizarre belief that the "micro-aggression" of men sitting comfortably on the subway is more important than male genital mutilation, male suicide, male health, male employment, male victims of domestic violence and rape, male education, male parental rights etc.

Feminism is the bizarre belief that female sexual selection plays no role in male behaviour and "toxic masculinity."

Feminism is the bizarre belief that power only resides with people who hold office -- not, say, corporations or women's lobbies.

Feminism is the bizarre belief that women held no power in history, even though they were able to pass laws that favoured women over men by all male legislatures.

Feminism is the bizarre belief that women hold no institutional power even though there are billions more resources devoted to female-specific programs than male-specific programs.

Feminism is the bizarre belief that it's very important to achieve sexual parity in boardrooms but not in dangerous and dirty jobs.

Feminism is the bizarre belief that feelz before realz.

Feminism is the bizarre belief that women should be "equal" and also have special privileges; equal rights with unequal responsibilities.

Feminism is the bizarre belief that men have some sort of desire to wage a war against women. 150 years after Seneca Falls, we've decided enough is enough; we do intend to fight back, and we won't stop until we achieve real equality, which will be an enormous step down for women, but for the best of all concerned in the long run.

DavidByron2 · 2015-08-22T04:07:36+00:00

Feminism is an anti-male hate movement, a right wing movement extending traditional conservatism. It's anti-liberal, regressive and represents the authoritarian status quo position on gender issues which is endorsed by the imperialist governments. As with other hate movements feminism lobbies for discrimination in law and prejudiced institutional practices. It creates conspiracy theories and uses historical revisionism to create a narrative that demeans men as sub human and a threat to society ("all men are rapists" and other witch hunts and threat narratives).

Feminists pretend to represent the interests of women in the same way the KKK says it speaks for White people, and yet polls say that 76% of women reject the feminist movement.

ParanoidAgnostic · 2015-08-22T02:28:49+00:00

Feminism is an ideology which asserts:

Interactions between men and women can be interpreted as if men and women were separate social classes.
Men (as a class) hold power over women (as a class).
All gender-related issues are the result of this imbalance of power.

WaitingToBeBanned · 2015-08-22T17:02:00+00:00

Feminism is an advocacy for the empowerment of women. No connotations.

Ransom_Stoddard · 2015-08-22T04:32:11+00:00

What is Feminism?

A group of people who would still be living lives of cavemen if it wasn't for what they label as Patriarchy.

The rest of us aren't much better. Look at what our founding fathers risked and sacrificed to give us, with very little chance of success, but they did succeed... then look at how we honor their fight, deaths, injuries, risk and sacrifice.

Just like the feminists, the rest of us are weak in many other ways.

Feminism is a symptom. It's about making average people divided, weak and poor, so we are more easily conquered and controlled. Strong families, people, and communities are divided and attacked at every possible area, and now they are not strong, but weak or nonexistent.

... and all we can manage to do is talk about it on the internet and perform a little activism here and there that does absolutely nothing.

Our forefathers found ways to create meaningful change, and I believe we can too.

olican101 · 2015-08-22T08:04:35+00:00

the advocacy of women's rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes.

Title	What is Feminism? (Link problems fixed)
Author	equalitythrow-away
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Date	August 22, 2015 1:28 AM UTC (10 years ago)
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