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False Feminism
The feminist movement is about women having equal rights, okay, and of course, so they should. We should all be equal and feel loved and respected for being so.
However, I wonder - and I don’t begrudge women at all for wanting such equality - why do women want to be equal with men who are obviously so wrong, misguided, and way out there in their ego domination and mind control.
originally posted by: InTheLight
Since we are just posting personal opinions, here's a good one.
"Feminism directly confronts the idea that one person or set of people [has] the right to impose definitions of reality on others." ~Liz Stanley and Sue Wise
Oh..Yes..most certainly InTheLight. I have thought that I might be a commitment phobe until I have had conversations with intelligent, educated, savvy people such as yourself who attempt to define for me what is commitment with only one side in the picture.
I suppose she looked to you as a friend to help and when you were put to the test, you failed.
originally posted by: InTheLight
Many feel Farrell is wrong on many fronts and hasn't caught up to modern times (he does not deny ignorance), as well as being a rape apologist. Who else you got?
Allow me to assist you, OT. If nothing else, just watch the last 8 minutes of the video.
"American sociologist Michael Kimmel is a professor at Stony Brook University in New York and editor of the International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities. He is a long-time researcher on men and masculinity as well as gender relations."
“So, now I’m beginning to make the argument that in fact there is no Mars and Venus, but in fact we are allies here on planet earth and our interests are the same.”
"For the last several decades, Kimmel has been making the case that feminism will improve men’s lives as well as women’s. Far from a zero-sum game, he argues, feminism is a rising tide that lifts all boats. “Gender equality will allow men to lead fuller, happier lives,” he said on Wednesday, citing studies that have found that men in egalitarian marriages are happier than men in traditional ones, and that involved fathers are happier than uninvolved ones."
feministing.com...
Misandry /mɪˈsændri/ is the hatred, dislike, contempt for or ingrained prejudice against men and/or boys.[1][2] Misandry can be manifested in numerous ways that have their parallel in misogyny including sexual discrimination, denigration of men, violence against men, and sexual objectification of men. Warren Farrell has written of how men are uniquely marginalized in what he calls their "disposability," the manner in which the most dangerous of societies' jobs throughout history, particularly soldiering, have been performed by men. The female counterpart of misandry is misogyny, the hatred or dislike of women; the antonym of misandry is philandry, the love or fondness of men.
originally posted by: InTheLight
Always remember that sex and stereotypes work only for the advertisers.
orangetom1999:
For the 'Addicted to Love' music video you posted above, if you read the comments the initial intent of the meaning this particular video was intended to be 'addicted to drugs, but the artist was forced to change the words (slightly I would imagine). So your use of that video is a little off mark, however by adding the women that look/are to be viewed as all the same, somewhat touches on women as sex objects (mistakenly felt as love) and if you read the comments below, one man thinks that the video is sexy, while one woman thinks that it is not.
As for home reno stores, I am the one that initially bought all our power and hand tools and whom enjoys the smell of freshly cut wood, because my artistic endeavours don't stop on the empty canvas. As a woman, woodcarver, and future off-the-grid survivalist in that store, I enjoy browsing for new fangled wares that will meet my and my families needs as well as good warranties. I pay no attention to others' gender roles expectations and really never have.
"The truth is that men do face challenges in a world that, ironically, has largely been governed by men. Perhaps this is why it’s so easy for MRAs to make feminism the scapegoat – it seems illogical to presume that men are holding themselves back. But patriarchy isn’t one big, discrete, conscious decision. It’s the composite of zillions of decisions: conscious and unconscious, big and tiny, made by humans of all stripes including men, women and trans* people. Collectively these decisions hold back all genders in different ways, but men by far the least so. Their challenges are also counterbalanced by myriad privileges they accrue (often without noticing, because privilege is like that) for simply being guys. On the whole, men (in particular cis, white, straight, able-bodied men) occupy the position of greatest privilege on the
As I know that many women that are able to, that they do indeed take risks in this world, the point is that they still don't get their fair share. Government is still failing on this topic and many others as B. Obama recently signed a bill forcing equal pay for equal work for women...this is 2014 people.
Hola Arkansas Staff
Keeping with his promise to champion women’s rights in the workplace, President Barack Obama signed an executive order Tuesday that addresses the issue of unequal pay among federal contractors.