What is a Feminist? Serious answers please?
Feminism is a discourse that involves various movements, theories, and philosophies which are concerned with the issue of gender difference, advocate equality for women, and campaign for women's rights and interests. According to some, the history of feminism can be divided into three waves.The first wave was in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the second was in the 1960s and 1970s and the third extends from the 1990s to the present.Feminist theory emerged from these feminist movements.It is manifest in a variety of disciplines such as feminist geography, feminist history and feminist literary criticism. Feminism has altered predominant perspectives in a wide range of areas within Western society, ranging from culture to law. Feminist activists have campaigned for women's legal rights (rights of contract, property rights, voting rights); for women's right to bodily integrity and autonomy, for abortion rights, and for reproductive rights (including access to contraception and quality prenatal care); for protection from domestic violence, sexual harassment and rape;for workplace rights, including maternity leave and equal pay; and against other forms of discrimination. I'm not against it. If women want to do what they want that's fine just so long as no one gets hurt in the process.
(Please be mature, serious question.) A Question on Feminism?
It does create more problems than it solves because: 1. It wrongly assumes that if women are more "equal" they necessarily must feel more satisfied. 2. Instead of truly leaving women to chose whatever they want it puts a new set of pressures and expectations on women in conformance to the feminist ideals (the "powerful", "successful" stereotype) 3. It fails to distinguish between true problems that affect women's rights and merely nuisances that may be annoying to many women but have little to no effect on gender equality. Thus it looses a lot of precious energy and resources fighting against "mosquitos" with little left for the real important things. 4. They believe that society can be improved by "nannying" it. I find the "nanny society" mentality to be one of the biggest problems of the twelve century western societies.
What do you think about men feminists? - Serious answers ONLY?
I think that a man being a feminist is fine. My boyfriend is probably one to the degree that he feels that a woman can do anything a man can, should have the same rights, and the same salary, etc. as a man. He doesn't go around calling himself a feminist, but he doesn't really label himself in general. On the other hand. In many ways the two of us prefer to keep traditional roles around the house, but that is simply because we are happy that way. He will always accept and applaud my ability to handle a power saw, but also loves my home cooking. I guess while certain attitudes that he has towards women are important to me, what it really comes down to how a man behaves in general. That being said... I accept men completely. And, let's be realistic here, without men's help, we won't get as far as quickly. Look at all of the men in politics compared to the women. We need men to back us up, because sadly, in many situations, we need a man's voice in order to be heard. I think that many women are used to men with attitudes that are different from yours. We are also used to sarcastic postings, etc. So forgive those of us who have our guards up. Keep on doing what you are doing, and you will be accepted.
Feminism question. Only serious answers plz?
Considering the general state of being between genders is: Her choice, his responsibility. Why aren't feminists doing anything about it if, indeed, they really are striving for equality?
Serious Q. How is modern feminism not sexist?
I truly wish that feminism was just about women getting equal rights, but I can't subscribe to a movement that has proved over and over that it is prepared to undermine the rights of men. But first lets clear up the 'definition of feminism' red herring. Sure the dictionary says that feminism is about equality, but if the dictionary definition of a jackal is that it is a vegetarian and then I see a jackal eating meat I know that the dictionary has got it wrong. In the case of feminism the definition needs to be updated to include the fact that feminism has also campaigned hard for things that make women better off than men (e.g. the affirmative action you mention) or that put men down e.g. the VAWA (domestic violence) legislation that is unfairly weighed against men, mainly because feminists have gone to extremes to cover up the research that shows that men and women commit domestic violence at roughly equal rates. (The main difference is that men are generally stronger so tend to inflict more damage unless a weapon is involved, in which case the injuries are equally bad for men and women). How can you claim to want equality while campaigning for inequality? And why then do others try to say 'well they are not real feminists'. Wake up! They are the people who are making all the changes in the world. They are the leaders and spokespeople of the movement that calls itself the feminist movement. You are a woman sitting at a PC with a treasured idea of what feminism *could have been*. Wake up! Forget the dictionary and look at what is happening in the real world. Feminism is about equality? If only! Wake up!!
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Serious answers only--Has feminism had a negative effect on society?
Look at the deterioration of families & society in correlation with the rise in feminism political clout, and the answer is right there - loud & proud. It's made many women feel like they have to work, it's made some men feel like a woman should be in paid employment, made removal of decent fathers perfectly normal and so children are growing up in an unbalanced environment. Feminism 'claims' to be about equality, yet turns a blind eye to discrimination on half the planet's population - sounds like bigotry, not equality, doesn't it? Although it's had a positive effect in some respects at a business level, it's also had a negative impact in the form of sexual harassment suites costing businesses billions upon billions because of 'dented feelings', being forced to accommodate babies & children's needs over the best interests of the business itself. Radical Judge below makes a good point, feminism tries to take credit for work it has NOT done... but as most people are unaware of history at any depth, most will just accept what they're told without question.
Do you answer questions to help people understand feminism?
Feminism is BS. Feminist try to "equalize" the sexes. The sexes are anything but equal in their natural state. Women are superior, and men are an afterthought. Trying to gain "equality" with something inferior is ridiculous. Men have shown themselves to be war mongers, rapists, child deserters, and worse yet, child *******. Women continually try to lap up whatever leftovers the destroyers dish out, instead of taking their rightful place as leaders. Feminism is for idiots who want to play nice. Men are the source of all evil, and need to be purged so that the rest of us can live in peace. Until women are willing to beat them at their own game, this shitty world will continue on the way it is.
There is one core question, and I ask it with complete honesty, sincerity, and respect:Is there a shared definition of feminism? If so, what is it? If not, how can people who are not personally involved in feminism tell what the movement is and is not?I ask because there is a huge variety of topics and positions presented by people who self-identify as feminists, and who state that their positions are the feminist position. Many of these differ on core issues.Some of these focus on equality, and seek to make life more equal for men and women. These include movements to gain equal pay, protect women’s health, provide contraception, education for women and girls, equal access to jobs and other life opportunities, etc.Other positions focus on actual or perceived misdeeds by men, and present feminism as being anti-men. These include the “smash the patriarchy” feminists, the feminists who proclaim men as inherently evil, who demonize women who choose to focus on raising children, etc. If the focus is on hostility to men, this should be made clear.As an outsider to the movement, it is hard to figure out who, if any, the real feminists are. It is hard to say where I stand in relationship to feminism, when the movement simultaneously contains goals that I think are great and vitally important (equality, for one), and simultaneously other goals that are actively hostile to myself and men in general.If feminism is about equality, then feminists need to challenge the claims being made by some that feminism is about smashing the patriarchy and the evils of males. Feminism as equality needs to understand that the message of the movement is very powerful, and that making the message “we hate men” delays important improvements in gender equality.If feminism is about opposing men and highlighting the disdeeds of men, and portraying men as inherently evil, then feminists should not say that they support equality, and should make this clear.Whatever position is taken, there needs to be a push to exclude those who take the other position, as the two are mutually exclusive. If feminism is about equality, it needs to jettison those who portray feminism as being about hostility towards men. If feminism is about gender struggle, then it should jettison those who want equality, as struggle based on hostility is inherently incompatible with equality and mutual respect.So my question is, Is there a shared definition? Which is it?
I am old school, that means that I have three and not two alien nations to ask the same questions to: non-feminists, anti-feminists and neo-feminists.By the latter I mean 3rd wave, Intersectional, Christian, A+, Pro-life, supremacist, factual, … and combinations of some or all of the above.I am interested in the extent to which all three are still old-school feminists.Anyone who identifies as something with the word feminist in it, has some history with contemporary feminism, and some history with historical feminism.All of my questions are designed to probe for their first and second-hand encounters with feminism, and to assess their knowledge of feminist history.I am a dinosaur. I want to see which properties of my dying species are being shared by the new species’s.What does the word Patriarchy mean?How does a Patriarchal society work?Which are the major classes in a patriarchal society?Fill in the missing word: “Gender … … … is a social construct.”What is female empowerment?What is the strongest and most durable source of empowerment?Has feminism always been a movement for equality?What did feminists strive to equalise first?Who were the British Suffragists?How did Simone De Beauvoir summarise her own book “The Second Sex” in a single sentence?How would you summarise her book in a single sentence?What does your activism consist of? By activism I mean all that isn’t the same as advocacy.I would show my examinees the following video fragment and rephrase the central question posed in it, with the name of their main foe as the subject.I have been asking these questions since the turn of the century. To put it mildly: the answers are getting more disappointing by the year.How shall I describe the feeling?Imagine the dinosaur coming home with the results of her research, and the answer to her main question: “Which post-cretacean species will appear to have the most features in common with me ?”The chicken?Seriously?