do you think that women should be receiving praise for standing up for equality??

Question

i dont think they should. but hear me out first. im not a sexist by any means.

the reason i feel they shouldnt receive praise for it is because i feel that women ARE equal in every way. and when the feminist movement go's out preaching about opression and talking about how women arent equal it reinforces and gives power to the notion that they arent equal. and thats just not right. if a woman TRULY feels as if they are just as equal and important as any man then why do they feel the need to have to call attention to it? an idea that is not acknowledged ceases to exist. do you agree??

i do agree when you guys say that there is unequal pay in the work force. and it is wrong. however a thing so materialistic as money should not determine the equality of a person.

Answer 1

In fact we are equal... but not in reality and practice... so that means that they should fight for their rights...

Answer 2

I'm going to respectively disagree on three counts.

First... The fact that you, I and other intellectually evolved males feel that women are equal does not make it true. The stats do not support our ideals. On average women still earn less and spend more years out of the work force caring for aging relatives and children than men. The irony of these factors is that women outlive men and therefore have a disproportionate need for the resources that parity would provide in late life.

Second... Women's rights is one of the few social movements supported almost exclusively by those it is intended to elevate. Sisters are literally doing it for themselves. For the most part the ideals of men do not translate into positive action on behalf of the women in their lives.

Finally... If my son's room is a mess, closing the door and turning off the light won't make it clean. A truth we choose not to acknowledge is in no wise diminished. Conversely, it often becomes a cultural sin of omission.

I hear what you are saying and I have mad respect for where you are. In many ways I'm right there with you. I'm proud to live in a time when a major political party is making a choice between a woman and a man of color as its front runner. We've come a long way. That being said, I've spent too many years of my life as a social service provider (often specializing in services to victims and survivors of Domestic Violence) to share your optimism.

At the end of the day I want the world that you clearly believe exists for my daughters. I simply believe there is still much work to be done.

Answer 3

It depends on the manner in which they "stand up for equality." Are they campaigning for women's rights in Somalia, or are they rambling on about "potty parity" and the need for "equality" in the United States?

I suppose (educated, as they're usually the only ones that complain/stand up for these things) people in general would feel the need to proclaim "equality" if society as a whole did not (at least according to their assumptions) acknowledge them as such; just because one feels equal to another does not mean that one would not like others to feel the same way. It helps to further one's accomplishments as well, but at the same time undermines individuality. If we're all "equal" and we all have the same potential, why do some people consistently fare better in certain areas and disciplines?

The answer is simple; we aren't and never will be "equal" in all or even most things because of genetics, environmental factors, and a host of other reasons.

My summarized answer: Women campaigning for the truly disadvantaged (or anybody, for that matter) should CERTAINLY be praised for their actions; those campaigning for superficial or detrimental rights or benefits should be incarcerated and/or beaten. (I'm only halfway kidding when I say that.)

Answer 4

Mr. Q. We ARE equal, and know this and feel this... but in certain instances we are not 'treated' equally. There is a difference.
Feminists demand to be treated equally because they know it's their inherent right. If they didn't know this about themselves then they wouldn't bother standing up to be counted in the first place. It doesn't give power to the notion that they aren't equal (as you suggested) it gives power to the notion that they ARE. They are showing respect for their rights by honoring them and expect the same in return from others.

"An idea that is not acknowleged ceases to exist". If this statement is true then it must also be true that if a person is physically/mentally abused by their spouse they should just "cease to acknowledge it" in the hopes it will disappear. (???)
This sort of thinking works in never never land...not in reality. Lift your head out of the sand.

Answer 5

There's an eventuallity as respect the son's of mankind and even the beast, because all come's from the same place and all are going to the same place, from the Genesis account of creation woman was a compliment of man which means that man is not complete without a woman, though she has to play a supportive role while the man is her head, even as man has a head also, so both man and woman has the same eventuallity, both derseves praise.

Answer 6

i do no longer think that testosterone is the significant element in dominance on account that there are a number of dominant women right this moment and by historic previous and that i doubt they took testosterone supplementations. in spite of the certainty that, women clearly produce testosterone, in simple terms no longer on a similar point as adult males do. Hmmm, so maybe the dominant women have an stronger point of it? i'm going to additionally could disagree along with your opinion that girls who pick equivalent rights interior the eyes of the regulation pick to "be in simple terms like adult males." i be attentive to I actually do no longer pick to look like one! they only pick to have equivalent rights. you will have an interest to be attentive to that scientists are interior the sorting out area of a sexual enhancer for women regular as Libigel that is composed of testosterone. it particularly is like the female version of Viagra! So i'm going to have an interest to be attentive to what the impacts of which would be. Chris99: i replaced into very hyper lively as a newborn and that they had to place me on Ritalin. I never knew that they regularly did that to the male little ones, nevertheless.

Answer 7

Well, statistics show that women are paid less money for doing the same job as a man. That's a fact. Explain that.

It either means that women are inherently less able to do the job or it means that there is some kind of institutional bias against women.

I for one refuse to accept that women culd be less able to do the job. Women and men are still far from equal! That's why the fight still goes on.

Answer 8

Hell No!! Women aren't equal. We don't make the same amount of money as men when we do the same jobs down to hourage and duties along with the fact that only 2% of CEOs in the world are women vs. the other 88% that are men.

It's like your saying because we don't have slaves theres no racism.

Answer 9

I agree with you. Standing up for your being equal means that deep inside you do not feel equal and you ask from others to give you the place you deserve.

Women are equal and they behave as such. Words and fights are nothing to everyday practice.

It is like that saying " We make wars for the sake of Peace"

Answer 10

I totally agree.. it is a great history lesson that we can all learn from and move on.