What are the primary fallacies of feminism?

Question

I see 2 main ones:
-Feminism presumes women can do anything a man can do, barring things that require greater muscle mass.
-Feminism forgets that women are just as vindictive, stupid, and (most importantly) complacent as men are....that those characteristics just manifest themselves differently.

Would you agree, would you add anything?

Answer 1

I would add that feminists would need to make sure they dont undermine the high value of a woman being a woman, being a housewife or mother.. If you undermine the value of a woman being feminine you kinda defeat the feminist goals and kinda say a woman is only valued if she acts not like a woman but as much like a man as possible... hopefully deep down not too many people think this way

Answer 2

What can't women do, that men can, barring those things that require greater muscle mass? Feminism does NOT forget that women have the same flaws as men in its original form. The Feminist movement started in the late 1800s when women were expected to stay home and not do anything other than take care of the house and children. They were considered inferior in every way, including that of intelligence. However, as the Feminist movement has grown, so has the variety of people involved in it, until now the whole thing has been taken over by the lesbian wackos that want to do the same thing to men that was being done to women when it began. THAT is wrong, and that is why the movement has the bad face that it does today. True feminists prefer to see everyone have an equal amount of authority and freedom. Check up on your facts before you start deliberately trying to be a jerk.

Answer 3

The #1 lie of feminism is that "women can have it all." Feminist leaders have been telling women that it IS possible to have a fulfilling career while still having a fulfilling relationship as a mother of her children and a wife. Not true. Something always suffers. If a woman pursues her career, she pursues it at the expense of her family. If she decides to lean more toward being a mother and a wife, she does so at the expense of her career.

Another lie of feminism is that "women can beat men at their own game." The idea is that women can do the same jobs men can (generally true) just as well as men can (also generally true) but once they get into the power structure they can stop playing the game by men's rules (not true). A classic example would be a woman expecting equal treatment from men in terms of salary, benefits, etc., but refusing to do manual labor on the old, tired basis of "I'm a woman." As women climb the corporate ladder they realize they can't have it both ways. If they try to pull any of the traditional dodges like not performing physical labor or expecting men to hold the door for them or stand up when they enter or exit the room, they lose all credibility.

Answer 4

I think you stumbled over the logic of your own question.

Feminism says that women can do anything that men can do
(excepting muscle mass): Not more.

Yes, women suffer from complacency, stupidity and vindictiveness.

If you are saying that the implication of feminism is that women
can do MORE than men because they can do all of the above
AND have children ...

Lets not forget that men can be primary care givers as well.

The only issue here is who gestates.

Now, our society tends to encourage men to do one set
of things and women do another, but there have now been
enough exceptions that nobody with any credibility is saying
that women can't do most traditionally held male jobs
and men can't do most traditionally held female jobs.

Its true that women get a lot of hard time from men when
they act as firefighters, but there are female fire fighters all
over the US - including New York City.

Its true that many men cannot handle long hours of repetitive
behavior, but men used to work in the massive textile shops
of a hundred years ago in this country (and still, overseas).

I think right now "feminism" is probably a misnomer. It really
comes down to figuring out what men and women want to
do - we know now that there is virtually nothing that one
can do that the other cannot in the work world.

And yes, we know that there is no horrible work trait that
a man can have in the work place that a woman cannot -
upto and including sexual harassment.

The differences are "in the noise".

Answer 5

Although it's true that to generalize, men are stronger than women -- I know men who I could snap over my knee like sad little toothpicks.

And although some people are as you say "vindictive, stupid, and (most importantly) complacent" not all are.

I say the biggest flaw of the feminist movement is the idea that women should be given precidence over men. Although that is in opposition to what the goals of the movement is, i.e. equality -- it's become a gender hatred society.

Men and women are different, however not as genders, just as people. And we all have different strengths, weaknesses, skills, dreams, etc and shouldn't be put into a mold based on our gender.

Answer 6

As I shoveled my first ton of coal for a hard Utah winter, I realized I was more liberated than I ever needed to be. Weary and filthy dirty, I threw all of my Cosmopolitan magazines into the first fire I built, cussin' Cosmo's editor and writers with every page. I could have been a secretary in a nice warm office and wearing fancy duds, but nooooooooo ...

It occurred to me again as I stopped to change a tire for two guys, alongside the freeway.

And again when I taught a military electronics whiz how to change a head gasket in his car.

You see, I was fortunate enough to grow up with parents that owned a business; they believed it would be in my best interests, and the best interests of the company, if I were able to DO the jobs I would someday be supervising. Therefore, I learned to repair roofs, drywall, plumbing and electrical in their rental houses, run a ton of electrical cable for the US Festival and CAL JAM concerts, troubleshoot and repair equipment ranging from lawnmowers to World War II era searchlights to carbon-arc stage lighting. And build the stages!

I learned a few things along the way.

1. Women can not do the same things men can do;

2. Women can do the same things men can do;

3. I have a nasty allergy to hammers; they cause me to break out in black and blue spots.

I might be able to hang by one arm from scaffolding as I worked on overhead lights, but I could not haul equipment up a vertical ladder.

It held true in the Navy; as a bodybuilder, I could do anything my job required of me, particularly when it involved leg strength. I did not have the upper body strength to handle some tasks alone.

As a single parent, newly divorced, I developed skills many women never become aware of, let alone utilize. Men, however, are often single parents and they face entirely different challenges.

I believe God made us to work as a team. Neither better than the other; in fact, men should step up and take the lead, and women should allow them to do so.

Women's Lib. Humbug! Bah!

Answer 7

While I agree with the fact that women are as smart, talented and capable as men are in every aspect, I think feminism (that turns into a man-hating crusade) is stupid.

I'm all for the empowerment and advancement of women, but when it's taken to the max, these women make themselves appear as ridiculous, hateful and irrational as any extremist group out there. Hate doesn't produce anything positive (regardless of the intended target).

I hope this isn't taken out of context... I'd hate for the message to be missed...

Answer 8

LOL
You are one of those sillies trying to make us angry. But we don't get angry because we are true feminists who know that we are human too.

Your first principle is wrong: we can do many more things than men can do, better, and in a more gracious, humanitarian way.

We love you too and are not man-haters. We just pat you on the head and send you out to play your funny aggression games while we look on indulgently.

Answer 9

The fallacy of feminism is that it forces women to do everything while men get to sit on their lazy @$!s.

Answer 10

FALLACIES? THAT ANY1 REALLY CARES. 1ST OF ALL, ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY. IF U WANNA CALL EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK A FEMINISTIC IDEAL, POSSIBLY, BUT IT'S WOMEN'S OWN FAULT, THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE RULES THE WORLD- TAKE A LONG GOOD LOOK AT THIS WORLD.