Is feminism really about complete equal rights, or just certain privileges?
First let me explain, I am girl myself and I totally agree with equal rights - such as getting paid equally, getting hired equally, etc. But, I feel like most (not all) feminists want the good, but none of the bad. Like I've never heard any feminist say "Hey, woman should be able to be drafted into the army" or "Woman should have pay the bill/open a guys door for them!" I have heard of feminists that, to boycott men getting higher wages than them, they start a company that only highers woman, no men at all. How is that equality? It also seems like some (again, not all) still expect men to be the gentlemen when they don't have to be the same toward them while in a relationship.
I've even heard of feminists attacking (not literally) other woman who are more girly. Like to be equal as a woman, you have to act like a man, which totally contradicts everything about it.
Anonymous2012-06-24T18:06:53Z
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“I claim that rape exists any time sexual intercourse occurs when it has not been initiated by the woman, out of her own genuine affection and desire.” —From Robin Morgan, "Theory and Practice: Pornography and Rape" in "Going too Far," 1974.
“Heterosexual intercourse is the pure, formalized expression of contempt for women's bodies.” —Andrea Dworkin
“I believe that women have a capacity for understanding and compassion which a man structurally does not have, does not have it because he cannot have it. He's just incapable of it.” —Former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan
“Who cares how men feel or what they do or whether they suffer? They have had over 2000 years to dominate and made a complete hash of it. Now it is our turn. My only comment to men is, if you don't like it, bad luck – and if you get in my way I'll run you down.” —Signed: Liberated Women, Boronia. (Herald-Sun, Melbourne, Australia - 9 February 1996)
Those quotes should tell you what feminism is really about.
That doesn't contradict what feminism is, that IS what feminism has always been about.
Also, men don't get paid more than women for equivalent work, but there are many young women who get paid much more than they are worth at the expense and discrimination against superior young men.
The wage gap is a lesbian myth meant to get women jobs that they could not attain though their own merit and work. What they seek is Communism, and Communism is a failed philosophy that has caused the murder of 100 million people. Why do lesbians seek to force a failed economic model on us still?
Equal rights does not mean equal outcome regardless of factors such as work experience, innate ability, skill, training, and talent.
Equal rights also does not mean insane, undeserved privileges accompanying rights and having none of the responsibilities or duties that are inherent in the definition of a right. Feminism is about totalitarianism, destruction, oppression, persecution, and scapegoating of a particular class of people. So not only is feminism Communism with the groups and nomenclature changed, but it is on top of that, Fascist in nature as well.
I agree with you that I really am for equal rights in any area, and I as well do think that feminism really ruins it for girls. Feminism, at first, did improve equal rights, but it has no become far too radical to the point not many people take it seriously - not even our target, men. It's like the suffragettes: because of their rash ways, they were made a mockery of, while the more peaceful suffragists were left alone in their protests. Radical (suffragettes) and liberal (suffragists) is the way I classify feminists. Liberals I can tolerate, but not radicals.
What's more, modern feminism is trying to improve equality by making one gender more equal than the other, which creates double standards for men. An example of this sort of double standards created by feminism is that everyone turns a blind eye when a man is raped by a woman, but when a woman is raped suddenly it's a big problem! People will say that it's a big problem because the woman is physically weaker. Bs, in my opinion: rape is sex with out consent from one party. A woman can drug a man, tie him to the bed, and then rape him. It. Can. Happen. But because of feminism, it's practically become a thought to laugh at because it's so "unrealistic".
Feminism just gets me angry, and don't get me started on how it's making the majority of women a laughing stock because women aren't allowed to be feminine.
I agree with your statement. There was an article on MSN recently about a civil suit against the government. A feminist group was lobbying for women to be admitted to combat positions in the military. I say let them do it BUT, make those women meet the men's physical fitness requirements for combat. They should also have to shave their heads in order to maintain uniformity. I honestly think that many of these feminists do not know how well they have it. I find it offensive for them to assume that our accomplishments are due to the fact that we are male and have nothing to do with our hard work and conviction.
Just about any group has those members that take things too far and no group wants the bad things that everyone else gets. That is just human nature to want all the benefits but none of the drawbacks.