[quote]One thing I've noticed as I get older is that the girls and people in general at my school become more and more militant feminist/progressive. [/quote] Militant Feminist? What do you mean? [quote] I'm going to be honest. I don't believe gays should marry because of my religious convictions; nothing against them at all just doing what my book says. [/quote] Do you do everything else that the book says? No? Then why this specific clause/section? [quote] I also think that the modern American femenist movement, while a good idea and with some good goals, has become very long winded and tired and exaggerated to the point where they sound like they are under some sort of tyrannical oppression and are facing total persecution.[/quote] [b]I think they have just been straw manned beyond belief. [/b] [quote] In school however, I've been pretending to sympathize with them and humor them when they talk about how opressed they are. Not in a white knight pussy suck up kinda way, but more like "Yeah I really hate how you are forced to follow gender roles. [i]Thats uncool man.[/i]" [/quote] You should be serious. Gender roles are a bad thing in a number of scenarios. [quote] Am I a liar? Or am I justified? [/quote] Everyone changes their habits/opinions/perceptions depending on the context, in an least one category. You are not a liar, you are just trying not to upset them. [quote] I learned that there is no way to disagree with females without getting them angry.[/quote] lol. Try harder. Be more reasonable. Make concessions. Talk softly. Back up your statements. Do it by "the book", and I mean the debating book, if you want a serious conversation.