feminism? Doens't the term even arouse suspicion?

Question

since feminists believe that women and men should be equal, why aren't they called masculinists as well?

Answer 1

A lame attempt at being insulting. Feminist's support equal rights for women. Having nothing to do with gender based terms such as male and female. Basically your either stupid or just enjoy acting like an azz.

Answer 2

In a lot of feminist scholarship, particularly from the 1980s, "masculinism" relates to the masculine world view. If you refer to "mankind" instead of "humankind" for example, some feminists might say that you view humanity from a masculinist perspective. History, to use another example, has traditionally been written from a masculinist position, meaning that the historical narrative favors the activities of men and ignores the activities of women, projecting the idea that women have done nothing but marry and breed for the last five to ten thousand years.

In other words, masculinism and feminism are not parallel ideas. Next time, do your homework.

Answer 3

I think femnism has taken a step too far. I dont think that women should want to be a man but should strive to male men realize that we are equal partners.

I mean come on, we have to admit that there are things that man are naturally good at and there are things woman are naturally good at.

Instead of women trying to be good at all the things man are born with they should try and point out women's great qualities to show man that they are just as good but not in the same exact way .

In short, equality in this sense meaning completing each other not competing. That we need each other and should be appreciated the same way and paid the same way and looked at the same way. Equally GOOD in our own ways!

Answer 4

It has nothing to do with women wanting to BE men or wanting to act as if they are men. It has to do with having the same rights as men. Just because a black person wants the same rights as a white person doesn't mean they want to be white. It means they want to be treated equally and not looked down upon or discriminated against for a biological trait they had nothing to do with. Women didn't choose vaginas and we don't get to pick our skin color unless you're Micheal Jackson. So why be denied rights just because of it.

Answer 5

I could personally do without a label of any sort. Equality should be a given. I don't need a special politically correct check box on a form to define me. I am many things, they are ever changing and I can be all these things and many more with or without calling myself a feminist. I choose when to apply it to myself and I get to define what it means to me. *smile*

Answer 6

In practice feminists seem to believe in preserving women's eternal privileges while gaining rights that men never had. For a start not being liable for the draft (privilege) and the right to work, a right that has never existed for men. The right to have a child, child support, parental liability, to chose not to have a child, entitlement to State support is just the tip of the iceberg regarding children. Sexual privileges (if you can believe it), for example, a woman is allowed to claim she has been raped in the UK and remain anonymous while the man's details are released immediately to the press! Etc. etc...
The guy above didn't even understand your question and obviously lives in cloud cuckoo land anyway.

Answer 7

It does, yes. However, the 'masculine' has been dominant for a few thousand years now. At the time the movement began, it was all about restoring the value of the 'feminine', hence its name. The wheels fell off it many years ago though.

Answer 8

The term does definitely separate the sexes more than it does unite. It creates teams of the masculine and feminine. Distancing men and women. It also stereotypes. It implies that the feminine better encapsulates equality than the masculine.

Answer 9

That doesn't make sense. Why would you use 2 different words to define a single group?