Why would a woman want to be an anti-feminist?

Question

I'm not a feminist, but why would a woman be an anti-feminist? I can understand why some men would be anti feminist, because they feel might feel that they are being unfairly treated or degraded, but why would a WOMAN want to be an anti feminist? When people died to get her vote? It kinda seems like they're just doing it to suck up to the men.

Answer 1

Those women who died to get my vote do not have my condolesces; see the way I look at it they could have chosen another way to get their point across. Anyways their dead, killing themselves such a foolish thing to do.
This is so funny. I can't say anymore for the sake I'm going to die laughing. (staggering off holding stomach)
What you are saying is why don't people like us, why are they against us? You (feminism) don't like people being against you, In truth anti-feminists are not your problem, you are your problem; your beliefs are being challenged; hence the meaning of all of these anti-anti-feminist posts. It bothers you that there are people out there who don't walk your path with you. As for me, people walk my path they do, they don't they don't. Hell it's no skin off my nose.

Answer 2

The problem is that the whole feminist movement gets equated with the radical feminists that want men tied up and providing sperm so they can artificially inseminate them selves and get on with running the world.

Many leading feminists have condemned that part of the movement only to be called a traitor to the cause and much worse.

The feminist movement has unfortunately had side effects. The initial aim was for women to be able to go out and earn a living if they so chose. It never intended the result to be that women had to go out because it was economically essential.

Answer 3

quite possible becuase of all the interesting definations of what feminsim is or isnt - the thin edge of the wedge appearance of it
for exapmle

freedom of choice equality and rights, then going on to paint men badly women as wonderful victims and the family home as oppresive where she an get more freedom sleeping around and working in the most powerful job possible. this isnt entirely

this description isnt entirely accurate - fair point. but it is the sort of picture that comes across about it to greater or lesser extremes.

all the confusion about what it is - is a very good reason - because of that it cant stand for anything about what it might 'really be about' because its about all of it - it all comes under the heading of feminism. how far and what aspects depend on the person.

do you want ot be associated with that - or anti-sexism, if thats your beef? or equality? or anything else that some one may want ot put under the feminist collective concept.

Answer 4

Any normal woman would want to be anti-feminist because she has a mind of her own. She sees the feminista for what it really is, an evil ideology seeking to tell women what to think and what to do, an ideology of hate spewing out incessant lies and propaganda.

I believe that the founders of feminism, the suffagettes, were sincere people. They were fighting for universal voting rights at a time when neither men nor women could vote unless they owned property.

But the movement was later corrupted by hate-filled people in NOW and in the women's studies movement. (Read some of Erin Pizzey's books about the way the feminista operates. Erin was a caring and courageous woman who was victimized and had death threat directed against her and her family for standing up to the feminista fanatics.)

Answer 5

I am not anti feminist in actual words I just feel family matter and hating men is not the answer for anyone... oh and on the career front being a model and workin helps me to know that I am a success on many fronts and am sure for all the anti feminists but the main thing is that they do not hate men and feel men have anything to do or harm them in their lives. If you actually see most of the anti feminists are very friendly traditional and decent. They dont hate anyone. They dont ignore or spread malice. Trust me on this one!! Oh they dont suck up to men, they just say that men and women are both cool and its the man who is the head of the family. Nothing else.

I never tell or advice any feminist though. I think some of them are decent and some are smart and yet do not speak bad of others.... that is all. We all want to believe and have faith in something. And share it freely with others... not talk down on them

Answer 6

Feminism is based around the idea that women are victims and men are oppressors.
Many women are smart enough to realize that feminism is bogus, so they are anti-feminist.

(Women as a gender have never been oppressed. There definitely have been many injustices and instances of discrimination [i.e. in some western countries female suffrage was achieved 50-100+~ years after male suffrage was achieved], but women as a gender were never oppressed.)

Answer 7

Because misled feminism has been and will continue to make thinking men more suspicious of women. Most feminists have no idea how careful they need to be in today's socio-political climate. For every gain that includes double standards, there are many losses in the area of respect and healthy relationships, marriages, and children.
Most feminists have no idea of how much personal integrity they would have to have to espouse humorless outrage about how women are treated in comparison to men today,......and not have men laughing at them inside.

Answer 8

Anti-feminists aren't anti-women, even though feministis could be classed as pro-women. There are anti-feminisits who would, I'm sure, disagree as some anti-fems don't really embrace all aspects of womanhood. Feminisims is a set of ideas and they just don't agree.

Answer 9

I think all the following apply to your question:

1. Fear, in two forms: fear of male retaliation, and fear of the possibility that a person can survive outside the scope of traditional gender roles AND IT MIGHT BE BETTER.

2. Fear in another way: To provide a form of symbollic immortality as a member of a culture. Some (but not all) people have a more intense fear of death, and being a very strict part of the cultural tradition is a way to feel at ease about the "void" of death. In other words it acts as an anxiety buffer.

3. They don't have good knowledge of the suffragists.

4. And I know this one will sound harsh, but there are still plenty of women who want a man to "take care" of them, and they like feeling valued in this way and want to avoid any possible clashing thoughts that they might be doing themselves an injustice in terms of self-development to be relying so much on a partner.

5. This one's not too harsh: Some women are not only uneducated, they don't value education for one reason or another. I'm not saying all feminists are immediately "educated" either.

6. Early on, some women get the wrong impression about feminists from either the media or the people they've come into contact with and then they carry this schema with them into adulthood.

7. The term "feminism" sounds like it only applies to women, and some women don't want to isolate themselves as being members of a "women only" type of group. Of course, this is based on poor knowledge of feminism and no awareness of what's called "pro-feminists."

Interesting question.

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Answer 10

I agree with those that said fear, I see many young women who are actually afraid they do not have the skills to succeed professionally and therefore need to find another way of life.

What annoys me are the ones who try to foist their choices unto me. I am an older (mid 50's) woman who saw the start of current feminism. I have a professional life and a personal life, and both worked well. I loved having a choice- and owe my life to parents who told me being a woman should not stop me from the career I wanted. My sons are grown and are successful in their own right. The care of them was a shared responsibility in our home. You can have a home and family if you choose. If you choose not to fine.

I would love to meet some of the young women on this site and have a womens weekend- I think someone said they were in the Bahamas- nice place for a YA live gender forum.

Edit:

I read Super Ruper's response and I vote for hers as best answer!

Answer 11

I honestly don't care that I have the right to vote nor do I use half of my rights given to me. I am not a feminist because women can never be equal to men no matter how hard they try(we are just mentally and physically differnet for that to happen), I respect my God given role in society(To have children and be married), and I think that feminists ruined the family unit(causing women to go to work outside the home and cause divorces to go up higher and become man haters). I believe that women are equal to men before God but I personally don't see any reason to fight for rights that aren't approriate to your gender. Edit to the person above Nick B:I am American born woman who is not uneducated. I don't have low self esteem and I am not crazy or sucking up to my husband. I respect God and as such I respect my God given role in society to obey my husband and do what God wanted all women to do to be wives and mothers. I am happy with my life and wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.