how did men feel about the feminist movement when it first began.?

Answer 1

It first began with the suffrage movement. Some men supported it, some didn't. I took a Canadian History course my first year of uni and the professor showed us some newspaper clippings of men begging suffragettes not to further their cause - "Women are too delicate to vote!" and all these other ludicrous things, LOL.

Answer 2

Interesting question. Before I can really answer it though, could you provide us with some links for further information? I've never seen a feminist say that a woman should "keep her knees open all night every night" or anything *remotely* like that. I have heard feminists say however, that women *should* be able to have her needs met by a man, instead of it being all about his pleasure. How has feminism "sold our young girls' souls up the river"? Because women are now expecting to be pleasured? In terms of the other things you claim feminism has caused, who are these supposed modern feminists who advocate hating men/marriage and resent having children? I think you'd have to provide a fairly lengthy list of feminists who have advocated the things you suggested. How else could I possibly take this question seriously, and provide you with an answer without that information?

Answer 3

The feminist movement first began in the late 1800's, so of course men weren't particularly open to it. They used the fact that women had to be "lifted over mud puddles" and "handed into carriages" to emphasize their point. Read chapter 4 ("The Passionate Journey") of The Feminine Mystique for more on this.

Answer 4

I lived in California so it was more exceptable than other places. Im sure alot of men talked bad amongst themselfs as always but I seen alot of support for it.
I did.
It was about time if not a several of years to late that equality started to kick in, its still struggling though and needs help this is one more reason to vote for Hillary Clinton she brings alot of great ambition to the table for all of us and not just to sit on her behind
Take a look at her back ground and you will see a strong person that tries her hardest to understand and deliver among the men that are defenitly not about women leaders!
Hope this helps in anyway!

Answer 5

Depends on when you think it "first began." Ever see how men reacted when women wanted the right to vote?? The women were arrested, jailed, force fed when they went on hunger strike, etc. Guess the men weren't too happy with these "upstarts"

Answer 6

A great many men felt overwhelmed and threatened. Their masculinity seemed to be at stake. There were others who felt that it was about time! Still others felt that they were in competition (and might lose). They felt safer with the status quo.

Answer 7

Pretty much the same way Whites felt when Blacks wanted their freedom. When someone has had power for generations, it is difficult to share it. Men back then didn't want to share their power with women as well as other men.

Answer 8

I wasn't alive back then but I think it did a good job. It gained women plenty of rights but like any one/movement/group that gains too much power too fast it becomes corrupted. Now feminism is just a shadow of its former self.

Answer 9

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