Would you say that feminists have penis envy?

Question

I'm not talking about all feminists of course! But the ones that have anger issues towards men...is it based on jealousy about what they don't have downstairs?

Answer 1

yes, two heads are always better than one!

Answer 2

Not in your sense of the term. So-called "penis envy" is meant to be metaphorical--people may envy what the symbolic phallus represent. At the time of Freud, it would have been power and autonomy and something other than wife- and motherhood. Currently, women have an issue with the penis as it is symoblized in political and social power: there are very few female CEOs and in Canada, for instance, 75% of people making over $85,000 a year are men. Meaning not as many women are in the high income brackets and/or occupations that men currently occupy. So, that might be an example of metaphorical penis envy. Some believe that the only difference between men and women is the fact that one sex has a penis and one sex does not. There is a lot of philosophical "weight" attached to the penis as a symbol of power. It's a theory.
And sometimes a cigar really is just a cigar.

Answer 3

I would say "no" based on the following. I have known guys who envy other guys for being more "bawlsy" than themselves. I equate that to "penis envy". Its not about having a penis, but thinking that you would be more powerful if you had a bigger one. On the other hand, I have known women feminists who were so bold, I envy them.

So while your theory may apply to a small number of feminists, I think in general, feminists are more angry about the concept that having a penis gives us an advantage.

Answer 4

Unlikely.

Crude, reductionist theories like that are usually also hollow.

And psychoanalysis is a pseudo-science.

btw, one of the reasons I object to much feminist theory - which is a separate matter from whether I support particular feminist causes - is the crude reductionism in them, often inspired by Freudian and Marxist approaches to psychology and culture.

If you want to know whether there are women who actually sit around wishing they had a penis, I am sure there are very, very few. (Most feminists I have known who were extremely angry were victims of sexual abuse and many would rather have nothing to do with penises.)

If you're speculating about whether they "unconsciously" wish they had a penis, or whether it makes sense to say they metaphorically want a penis... well, stop talking rubbish.

Answer 5

sure it probably is a lust for power yet then that only proves a penis isn't required for one among those project? They went for it and have been given it. it could additionally be pronounced that adult men relinquished it to them and that would not sound very dominant; that is benevolent or caregiving. apart from, the teenager mom in Oklahoma did no longer desire a penis to shelter herself. Her shotgun blew the testosterone crammed male hunter out of life, that is not very almost actual power yet different styles of status your floor including braveness, self-discipline, and resourcefulness. you only want to stack the competition of life so as that that is tilted on your want and want to thwart as many human beings as plausible because you're pissed off consisting of your guy or woman loss of progression. women are distinctive from adult men authentic yet no longer much less of a human beings. Your infantile view of the worldwide ability you lack many features of being a guy inspite of your penis. Gender isn't the priority or the answer on your case.

Answer 6

Who would envy someone who couldn't control their private parts.

Frau Freud

Ladies, for argument's sake, let us say
that I've seen my fair share of ding-a-ling, member and jock,
of todger and nudger and percy and cock, of tackle,
of three-for-a-bob, of willy and winky; in fact,
you could say, I'm as au fait with Hunt-the-Salami
as Ms M.Lewinsky - equally sick up to here
with the beef bayonet, the pork sword, the savaloy,
love muscle, night-crawler, dong, the dick, prick,
dipstick and wick, the rammer, the slammer, the rupert,
the schlong. Don't get me wrong, I've no axe to grind
with the snake in the trousers, the wife's best friend,
the weapon, the python - I suppose what I mean is,
ladies, dear ladies, the average penis - not pretty. . .
the squint of it's envious solitary eye. . . one's feeling of
pity . . .


Carol Ann Duffy (1955 - )
From "The World's Wife" (Picador 1999)

Answer 7

It is based on attitudes such as yours that assume feminists don't have anything to be concerned about.
Feminists hate misogyny, not men. Kinda like that “hate the sin, not the sinner” thing, sometimes it’s easy to separate the behaviour from the enactor and sometimes it’s not.

But we know that not all men are pits of misogyny, so if you aren’t acting out misogyny, then it’s not about you. We also know that men who sometimes fall into minor unthinking habits of misogyny are not comparable to men who are violent and irredeemable misogynists. It’s understandable how sometimes criticisms of misogynists come across as generalisations about all men, when read by someone who isn’t used to the jargon shorthand and feminist perspectives. Time to lurk and learn.

Answer 8

women have enough stuff bouncing around upstairs - trust me, we're not looking for more things we have to harness. And really what's to envy about a penis? What's to envy about a vagina? They each serve a purpose.

What a ridiculous notion - unless maybe you're a transgender - they might be envious...

Answer 9

This question is just silly enough that I'm going to have to quote Robin Williams.

"God gave men both a brain and a penis, but only enough blood to run one at a time."

Answer 10

Absolutely not. We wanted a lot of things that men had, but THOSE weren't on the menu. Did we want voting rights, employment, and education because we wanted to be men? No. We wanted to be equal, not identical, human beings.

Answer 11

Nope- no penis envy here! Feminists value brains above all other body parts...lol!