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Has feminism done more harm than good?

I read an article in the daily mail today about a woman who was despondent over her Oxford graduate daughter opting to be a housewife.

One phrase in the article led me to ask the above question 'Has feminism done more harm than good?'

I'd love to hear opinions from both sides of the fence and from both sexes.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Feminism has done much more harm than good. How sad that it is considered a bad thing to want to be a wife and mother. That comes from feminism telling us that making a pleasant home and raising healthy children is not enough and not important. When in reality it the most important thing we as women can do. Feminiim has tryed to de-feminize women, it has (and still is) tryed to emasculate men, and it denies the importance of children. Women suffer a higher rate of depression than ever before, men have no sense of what their life goals should be, morality has gone down the toilet and all values are condemned. But don't worry, you can "have it all"! No matter the toll it takes on you psychologically and physically. No matter that you will be able to give full attention to nothing.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Feminism has accomplished *some* sturdy, credit has to obtain to them. a minimum of in the West, the 1st and 2nd wave Feminism [to no longer ignore suffragettes] have in all possibility greater help from men and girls in the previous, which may well be attributed to three of their targets being approximately getting particular rights and particular doorways opened to females. besides the undeniable fact that, Feminism in the West as of in the present day [submit-Feminism, third wave or despite you opt for to call it] has been a important contributor to sexism against men. there is easy evidence for this. VAWA, affirmative action in the present day to grant females an income over men, sexist, gender-biased application of regulation are the diverse issues that spring to innovations. to no longer ignore that Feminism has many times shown that it fairly is excited approximately arising a situation of downside for men [and boys]. study C. H. Sommers' 'conflict against Boys', there is a lot of fabric showcasing how present day Feminism has no longer in basic terms furthered the time table of females, yet that it has additionally worked proactively to the detriment of fellows's rights. C. H. Sommers has additionally documented her observations approximately present day-day Feminism in her article, 'No us of a For Burly men', wherein she observes how Feminist communities skewed the Obama stimulus plan in direction of females's jobs. Feminists are their very own time-honored reason of their unpopularity.

  • 1 decade ago

    Feminism has done wonders for women but that doesn't mean it doesn't have it drawbacks. I can't say that the mother is wrong yet without more detail but the daughter isn't wrong either. Then again there is nothing wrong with being financially dependent on your husband as long as he has a good job and can manage the stress of providing for his family. The mom isn't a feminist she is just expressing a legitimate concern that a lot of parents express when their son or daughter tells them they intend to stay home. Hell if i told my dad i graduated college and was planning to stay at home instead of pursuing a career he'd prbably have a fit and so would my mom. On top of that she also needs to realize that means she can't just go out and spend , spend, spend because that is his money and he is working his a** off to make it. That also means she needs to have the house clean when he gets home and dinner cooked for him. He needs to be ready for family time when he gets home. Because when there is a stay at home mom dad often gets alienated from the kids because he doesn't spend enough time with them. She also needs to be the one who budgets, pays the bills, does the grocery shopping and be the person he can come to in his tiem of need. Oh yeah and she shouldn't mind if he works overtime either. She needs to understand these expectations as well as expect that a lot of her other mom friends will be working so she may be lonely at times. She also needs to understand that he needs time alone with his kids. So when the baby is crying an he is off make hime go feed the baby or change a diaper. Make him go prepare a bath. Go make him read the bed time story. Make him grocey shop every once in a while. If one of the kids is up in the middle of the night go make him see what the problem is. He also needs to understand that she needs a break forom time to time so while she is gone to the spa he should be taking care of the kids. He should take them to the par. He should clean up the house from time to time. He should cook dinner. He should be prepared to cater her needs as well and listen to her in her time of need. They should make arrangements for anniversaries and communicate and understand each others problems.

  • 1 decade ago

    You know I feel it's too bad if it caused hostilities. There's no way you're going to keep any one group down for very long...feminism or no.

    Kids will do what they want and that has nothing to do with feminism. Better to have feminists on the street than have female protesters run over by trucks and beaten like a dog for wanting an education.

    If you want to call feminism evil, then it's the lesser of two evils.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Yes, it has done more harm than good. Lots of single women forced to work and also single mothers. A lot of women are forced to do things they don't want. Who says all women want to work? Who says all mothers want to work and be away from their children? If all these are what women have to pay for the sake of voting, it's not worth it. There's too much at stake where women are losing.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    yes

    it has done some good, no doubt - but it has caused immense hostilities between the sexes.

    Once upon a time, men and women loved one another. Now, they tend to fear one another.

    Women fear they're going to be raped or abused by even the meakest of men, while men fear legal repercussions for her decision to divorce him, which will inevitably result in him losing his home and access to his children as well as paying out the nose for the honour of it all.

    All the above, and a lot more, has been a direct result of feminist hate campaigns against men.

  • 1 decade ago

    Since women were allowed to vote in 1931 we have had the following:

    The holocaust

    The soviet union

    Chernobyl

    9/11

    Cancer has risen by 217%

    Beastiality has increased tenfold

    Farmville

    The facts are clear.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I read something the other day that said women can now VOTE and WORK.

    To answer: NO.

  • Yamato
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Women and men are not equal in the first place, e.g. women bear children men cant.

  • 1 decade ago

    It has done good. At least now you can vote and do the same jobs as men.

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