Can a man be a feminist? Why or why not?
Sure, but I don't think they self-identify as feminists. Being a male feminist has a very asymmetric payoff relative to being a female feminist. You get twice the nice at half the price. First let's talk about price. There is talk that it is hard to be a male feminist with all of society's caveman expectations, but in reality being a male feminist doesn't cost you anything. The blowback from your male peer-group is minimal, if anything at all. You won't have to pay an extra tax, go to weekly meetings, or do anything of significance outside of claiming to believe in certain things. Honestly, any guy who's trying to play up how hard it is to be feminist is doing it for acknowledgement, which segues to..Being a male feminist is NICE. Outside of the lack of cost, you get uniform admiration from our #1 demographic: girls! All around you, men are getting hi-fives and hugs for proclaiming their feminist beliefs in front of girls. Right now, there's a thread on Quora, reddit, or whatever where some chap's post is getting positive reinforcement for essentially reciting a bumper sticker. But it doesn't just end with admiration. Being a male feminist means you will get laid more often. Maybe not a whole lot, but definitely more. Especially when you're around young feminists who are a bit more politically-passionate and not wise to the fact that there are more sophisticated levels of "game" than what's on the Jersey Shore. Plus, there is no waste-bin where you throw away your Male Privilege before getting your feminist badge. Win-win. I'm being a bit harsh but I've seen this scenario play out with the majority of self-proclaiming male feminist I know. I'm not saying that they even know what they are doing. When there is no cost, it's easy to believe anything. In my experience, men who are actual feminists did not get there on purpose. It was a side path on a greater journey. The day-to-day push to being a better person. To being kinder, stronger, more understanding, more everything. They didn't get "there" to collect a prize, because rewards diminish kindness and "there" doesn't exist. There is only further. They avoid the label, not because of stigma, but because of the payoff. It's like with great authors. They don't write thinking about the book cover or the marketing campaign. They sit down and work on what they care about: a better story.
Feminist who believe there is "no need for men"?
Because artificial sperm production is possible, how do you ignore the fact females have two "X" chromosomes which pair up, these chromosome practically negate mutation, evolution is driven by mutation. Males have a "XY" genotype, this leaves them exposed to both beneficial and harmful mutations. Males are the like natures experimental gender in this regard. Any mutation that is beneficial to males fitness is likely to be passed to females, and those that are harmful filtered out. So in a sense males are what drives evolution as we are selection-ally exposed, females are not as exposed. Also parthenogenesis is a form of reproduction that does not automatically lead to a female, it depends on the genotype Komodo dragons have a "ZW" genotype and can reproduce through sexual reproduction and parthenogenesis, but when they reproduce using parthenogenesis they produce males not females. ______________________________________... Inspired by this question http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Al2Bhl1zr2rWX6pUAJIBKKLSDH1G;_ylv=3?qid=20091109154509AAoEFcK
Why are men intimidated by feminists?
Some people dislike the idea of an entire group of others who obviously don't seem to need their approval to go through life.
Why do some people call feminism a cancer?
Because of answers like those above, for example.Feminism is called “cancer” by opponents because it is perceived to create harmful views in society that spread negative effects, much how cancer operates in the body. One of those things is an inherent reproduction mechanism, as evidenced above…the only possible reason for opposing feminism as an ideology is due to sexism and bigotry. This makes it extremely difficult to criticize rationally and identify excesses, of which there are many.Feminism is not simply belief in equality of men and women. There is an entire set of theories behind it which are integral to the ideology. Patriarchy, along with postmodern views on power, are ingrained in feminist thought, and cannot be hand-waved away.The core idea of the patriarchy, and the trivial one that is as misleading as “feminism is about equality”, is that men are the ones in position of power (usually by metrics of income and political power). This leads to an assumption about social power dynamics…since the top men are in positions of power, and have structured society, society itself is structured to benefit men at the expense of women. A quick glance at any feminist textbook or popular blog will make this latter view abundantly clear.This thinking leads people to see the world in terms of the oppressed (women) and the oppressors (men). This is “cancerous” because it instills gender conflict into society; women view themselves as victims, and men view themselves as either deserving of guilt or unfairly accused. These are negative mental states that create resentment, anger, and irrational, emotional thinking by all involved, because everyone is always on the defensive.There are good causes within the feminist movement, and some good ideas which should be addressed and discussed. But the core ideology is built on resentment, and it is not mentally healthy for people to stay in such a state for long.For opponents, this, along the obnoxious behavior of a minority of feminists on YouTube, Tumblr, and elsewhere, are why they say “feminism is cancer.”