There's a scale for feminism. In my mind at least.
- At the bottom are misogynistic pigs; women hating, wife beating, assholes.
- At the bottom middle is half the average populace; not giving a shit, but leaning towards misogyny.
- In the middle is the feminist: any person (male or female) who wants equal rights for women and discrimination in general to end. This is where people should be on the scale: look to Jean-Luc Picard for inspiration.
- At the top middle lies the other half of the average populace; no shits, but leaning towards misandry.
- At the top are practitioners of misandry; men hating, refusal of love-life, asshats. These are the people most associate "feminism" with.
You just don't see it in perspective.
Clearly, women are still being persecuted.
But also, if you have stereotypes based on gender, then it's affecting both genders. Don't like sport? You're not a man. Want to grow long hair? You're a woman, not a man. Enjoyed a chick flick? Well, you're not a man. You're a chick.
A step for anyone's equality is a step for everyone's equality.
Butthurt? Oh no you didn't just say that! Let me remind you that "butthurt" is a prime example of males trying to gain dominance over females by making them bend over and submit to their -blam!-. I'll organize an army of women now and surround your house until you run out of food and surrender to us and apologize for your misogynistic statements.
We talking tumblr, people like icklenerose or actual UN style diplomats?
If its tumblr, they produce the most pretentious, attention grabbing, sexist and even racist pile of crap I have ever seen for the past year.
You have to love how sarcastic the first option came off as. By and by, the results don't surprise me. I've observed that a vast majority around here think the feminist movement is getting ridiculous.
Feminism in the United State and England being bad? Yes. Feminism in the Middle East? No.
It's really funny how women in developed countries act like they are super oppressed though. You have to accept that men and women are different biologically and have our own strengths and weaknesses. Men build stronger muscle quicker and with more ease. Women are more nurturing and family oriented. Is this a forced culture of patriarchy? No. Is is an instinctual evolutionary society based on the lives of our very distant ancestors? Yes. Civil rights are a given and women do deserve full rights, but stop complaining about how there are no female leads in the video games which you only play because it's cool to play them now. Women didn't care about video game leads ten years ago when people who gamed were considered untouchable nerds. Now being a nerd is cool and suddenly women claim to not be involved. Women have fashion magazines, chick flicks, etc. and dudes have video games, physical sports, etc. because they make up those demographics and are the main consumer. No one is being sexist or hating on women because they put a male soldier as the lead in a WW2 game, realistically a woman is not suitable over a man for jobs requiring brute force. It's like getting pissed off that birds get to fly in video games and humans can't, it just isn't realistic.
There are disadvantages on both sides of being a male and female, and I'm sick of anyone playing the victim card. Women, wow you can't play as a woman lead in every single video game. Meanwhile women in Saudi Arabia are being shot in the face for trying to get an education. Men aren't oppressing you, you all are oppressing yourselves and that's why you all hate each other. Us guys think you look amazing with curves, it's yourselves and the support of fashion magazines which cause you all to think that we want to bang chicken with no meat on the bones.
I just don't see the point in limiting male potential so that women can feel equal. It's counter-productive. Live to your full potential on your own and ignore any boundaries without being a sassy bitch with her head up her ass. The vocal minority is making you feminists look bad.
The only feminists that I'm ok with are the "equal pay for equal work" ones because they make sense.
Any other kind is just batshit cray female retardation.