Are you in support of feminism?

Question

First off let me say that feminism in it's untainted form simply means equality of men and women, This is how it started and this exact movement I do support. Should we not revise any and every law that is gender specific and institute feminist education to abolish all gender specific cultural taboos which can cause sexism such as misogyny and misandry, would this not be considered the ultimate expression of equality? Do you agree with me, why or why not.

Answer 1

Feminisn of today is far from untainted. The dictionary definition is no longer what people think of when they think of feminism. Once upon a time feminism was about equality, now it has been hijacked by some women who created the steroetypical feminists. They would have made it almost laughable if it wasnt so tragic and damaging to women who really do want equality for ALL, even men.

Humanist is the way to go.

Humanist: 1. a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.

Just bump equality on to the end of that definition and we have a fighting chance of saving ourselves from the total disintigration of workable, equal, male/female relationships. Maybe.....

Karma.
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Answer 2

Feminism in its untainted and pure form is a positive thing. And how great it is that women are no longer regarded as lower down the evolutionary scale as they were in victorian times. We have come a long way since we achieved the right to vote. However, there will always be extremists who will be mysogynistic or misandrists, therefore, I do not think that will ever see an ultimate expression of equality. I also feel that we will not be able to find laws about gender specifics which we could truly enforce objectively.

Answer 3

"Are you in support of feminism?"

Not at all. There is no reason to support modern feminism today in our post Equal Rights first world. A lot of people seem to want to support it for some factually incorrect reasons. It appears that a lot of self-proclaimed feminists have a skewed idea about what feminism actually is and what it is supposed to be able to achieve today now that we all have equal Rights.

Original feminism was the Women's Rights Activists fighting for equal legal Rights to what men had back in a time when this was not the case. But this time has long passed.

Today, feminism has been hijacked by the radicals that have turned it into a social engineering movement that has nothing to do with legal Rights, but still makes the claim that it is fighting for the "rights of women" anyway. And under the banner of "equality", they even go on record making man-hating statements. Now honestly, what does THAT have to do with equality?

http://www.womenagainstmen.com/media/feminism-is-a-hate-group.html

A lot of armchair feminists mistakenly believe that this organization has some type of magical powers to help them in criminal matters (rape, harassment). Others believe that the feminist method of berating men, and lobbying for laws to fight against our biological outcomes is something akin to "rights". And still others believe that stereotypes and double-standards only negatively affect women, and that a lobby group can do something about it.

In ALL cases, it is simply the feminist lobby pitting the women against the men by seeking out the evil and bad in individual men and applying it as male behaviour for ALL men. This is nothing but bigotry in the worst form. No different than the ugly racists we used to see on TV in the 1960's. It's actually worse, because their sexism and bigotry today are sanctioned by political correctness.

Answer 4

Feminists aren't just in search of finding superior ground over our male counterparts. Most males think feminists are doing a fine job of putting their noses in the air whenever a man walks by. Womans sufferage has been on an steady incline all over the world. Women in the Middle East have been raped infront of their children which by all means is considered punishment, BUT women who fight back against their attackers are condemed to die by the "laws" of their countries who "protect them?" Feminists are doing more than just hating men, open your eyes and realize although you may not like these women, females all around the world rely on them. Making their journey for equality harder by saying femanists are annoying is ungrateful and a result of being a bigot. Nad'ya - Age 12

Answer 5

Yes I agree,with your definition of feminism, and the idea of abolishing gender specific taboos, though I can't see it working. You can't abolish gender differences, these are entrenched, as people we are naturally different and have different outlooks. The differences between the sexes result in specific gender differences. However I don't think the law should favour one gender at the expense of the other. I am in favour of equality of people, nothing else is fair.

Answer 6

Men and women are more similar than society make out. I know a woman who had a sex change to became a man and vice a verse.There are some very masculine women and some very feminine men out there. If men can father into their sixties so should women be able to mother. I believe in complete equality.

Answer 7

Personally, I support the equality of human beings as laid out in the United Nations charter of Human Rights.

Sash.

Answer 8

I'm from the opposite sex but I'm not opposed to gender equality. I encourage more scientific studies to determine gender limitations in terms of certain criteria. For instance, men can give birth, that's one of our inborn limitations and we die earlier than women. I'm sure with scientific justification, men and women equality issues can be settled.

Answer 9

What are the gender specific cultural taboos that you're refering too? What would femenist education entail? What laws are gender specific and should be abolished.

Your question is too vague!

Answer 10

I support it 100%... as long as everyone gets to be who they are without hurting anyone else under it, it's positive.

I remember a good cartoon though. One caveman says to another 'What do you think about sexual equality'...

The other one thinks a bit and replies "Anytime the women want to step down it's fine by me".