both men and women or just women?
2007-03-02 19:57:40 · 12 answers · asked by wordsofapoet 4 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
Feminism has caused confusion and resentment between the sexes. It has helped the world to be aware of womens needs and feelings about things, but it lacked insight and integrity. For example:
Women while equally important as humans are not 'equal/the same as' men. Nor are they as physically strong on average. I would like to meet such a naturally strong woman. I do not know any at all. We have other great strengths for heaven sake.
Women fought for the right to 'work.' That was pretty stupid since we ALREADY worked. We did not get paid for that work but we were provided for by owr husbands. Sure women needed to fight for better 'acknowledgment and respect' for the type of work that we usually did/do, or even choices in that work. We needed to fight for more rights to shared finances/property, a stronger voice in other matters, and much stronger laws for wife-abusers.
But to make men they enemy was not the right approach. Men had more power and with that power came more selfishness. So? So we were stupid and wrong to try to rob them of their responsibilites and their dignity in hoping for more respect. We should have used the 'feminine' approach and helped men to understand what we really needed - but not fight for selfish whims such as leaving our kids for others to raise.
We did not have to become war-like and male bashers. Now we have the right to work outside the home - but some claim that we no longer have the right to stay home, and care for our children.
That means that we have lost more than we have gained. We are slaves to the 'sick' new sexual and secualar world, and we must now do two jobs with even less appreciation, We DO NOT have the choices we had hoped to have! The world is much worse now. Women are so completely used. Have we figured it out yet? Men made better husbands than they do room-mates. Now many act like gigalos. The genders were a good compliment to 'each other' before - now they just disrespect each other.
FEMINISM is better for men in the long run, but not an improvement for anybody - especially not for the offspring of such resentful and selfish parents.
2007-03-02 21:16:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
When feminism was more necessary, it was different. I haven't thought about how it's benefited men, but I'm sure there are some ways it's benefited thoughtful men, while it's "hurt" sexist men. I would say that one would have to do a very accountable, inclusive assessment to get an idea. The problem is, except for lately, nearly no studies of gender were accountable or inclusive. They didn't include a fair assessment of how unfair most men now have it living with their part-time feminist woman. The ways that it is unfair don't lend themselves to scientific surveys like some of the historical mistreatment of women, so folks like Baba Yaga dismiss their existence as negligible.
2007-03-02 22:53:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Yeah but only to help women become more overworked and underpaid........Giving us choices also gave us more resposibility. Long ago women could stay home and household would thrive with one income while the men worked and the women stayed home and took care of the kids. Now, households need 2 incomes to thrive because 1 leaves most families at poverty level. Most men still feel very little obligation to take care of the house or the children. So when mom and dad go off to work for the day what does dad do but come home and sitt on his lazy butt while mom , cooks, cleans and rears the children............talk about taking a step backward. twice as much work with half as much appreciation.
2007-03-02 20:08:47 · answer #3 · answered by discouragedmom 2 · 2⤊ 4⤋
Nope
2007-03-03 03:05:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
The majority of you are wrong! It did not help men one bit! Who gets more jail time when rape is commited? Who are treated as idiots on TV shows (Oprah)? Who always gets the kids and almost everything in a divorce? The list could go on and on but I have to go.
2007-03-03 00:58:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Both. Feminism is the radical idea that women are human beings. that rape and sexual abuse are crimes against individuals and not the one who has authirty over them. That people should be valued because they are people and not what sex thay are. Its a step towards equality.
2007-03-02 21:19:14 · answer #6 · answered by Runa 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Yes. Both.
2007-03-02 20:04:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
You posted the very same question 17 hours ago and so far have 23 hits.
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2007-03-02 20:06:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes but there is still much need for improvement
2007-03-03 01:32:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
NO. It's harmed it. Badly.
2007-03-03 02:01:28 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋