Do feminists believe that a majority male household is by definition hostile to females?

Question

For instance, if a young girl is growing up with three brothers, do you consider this to be a hostile environment for her?

Answer 1

That's an interesting question! LOL

I live with my husband and son and I don't consider it to be a hostile environment at all (then again, I'm not a feminist). I just refer to them as "my boys." ;)

Answer 2

Not if they are repectful of each other. I am a woman in an all male household and we all respect each other, discuss things and have a damn good laugh about the old should you leave the toilet seat up or down question. If anything it's a hostile environment for my boys cause playing the drums, demolishing walls and blowing things up and riding a motorbike are things Mum does therefore to be avoided as uncool so they missed a lot of fun.

Answer 3

No. I have three brothers and it was NEVER a hostile environment. We were too busy in sports to even be hostile with each other. Hell, I've played on two of my brothers baseball team. It was fun! And no, I wasn't the bench warmer or the bat girl.

I did however, gain the respect from boys that were my age at the time. It was interesting to see how they would back me up (not that I needed them to do it) when the boys in my class would tease me about playing baseball with the boys and how they "thought" I was just a player on the team, and not a player that played the game. Funny how People assume things.

Answer 4

Nope. I live in a 2:1 ratio of men to women and it certainly isn't a hostile environment for me. In fact, its probably the most supportive environment I've ever lived in. Its about how the people act in a given environment, not the number of them that makes a household hostile...regardless of gender.

BTW...before anyone starts making rude comments...one of the men is my younger brother and the other is a long time friend.

Answer 5

I am somewhat a feminist. I grew up in a majority male household. I became the leader of the pack. It wasn't hostile to who I was.

It allowed me to influence who they became. It allowed me to teach them how to be better men and how to respect women in general. It allowed me to learn that men aren't beast but human beings with feelings etc...

Answer 6

I live in a household where there three females and one male and I don't think it bothers the lone male any more than it would bother my sister, who is the only female in a household with four males.

Answer 7

Nope.
In fact females who grow up in the minority - especially youngest girls - tend to be pretty hard out, those I have met anyway.
They get raised competing with male siblings, tend to know how to push the brothers etc round, and are usually NOT pushovers.
Just from my own limited experience.

Answer 8

No, not all believe that. I don't, I grew up in a "majority male" household(two brothers, no sisters), and am currently living in one(husband, two sons), and I don't feel as if I'm "behind enemy lines".

Answer 9

Feminism is a ludicrous theory in case you think of roughly it suited.“Feminism is the thought we are in a position to make the two sexes equivalent with the aid of focusing entirely on the themes of one of them.” i can not paintings out despite if or not they desire equality or lady supremacy. and that's coming from a girl:S making a generalisation 'women persons are smarter than men' is absurd and maximum possibly incorrect, for there are a number of techniques a individual could be considered 'clever/clever'

Answer 10

Lived with my mum and sister=endless bullsh!t with sister always tattling and blaming me for stuff that she did & mum trying to play us both against each other for her affections.
Live with my hubby and 3 sons, sure there's a bit of rough play & barnies between the boys, but don't need to walk around on egg-shells. It's alot better.