A reference: http://www.americanhumanist.org/index.html
2007-10-26 04:44:09 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
.....Humanism is a secular movement thought up by Feuerbach in response to his theories on religion. He subsribed to Projection Theory - that is, God is a reflection of human's highest aspiration for themselves (immortal, we all have purpose, etc), but by doing that, we are not realizing our full potential and we are not taking responsibility for ourselves and our society.... we tend to look at injustice and suffering and say, "God will take care of it" instead of "what can humanity do to solve this problem?"
So, since anti-feminism is largely conservative and religious based, it doesn't really mesh with humanist ideas.
Unless you have another definition of humanism...
2007-10-26 04:51:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 2⤋
Based on the definition from the American Humanist Association, "Humanism is in tune with today's enlightened social thought. Humanists are committed to civil liberties, human rights, church-state separation, the extension of participatory democracy not only in government but in the workplace and education...and an open-ended approach to solving social problems, an approach that allows for the testing of new alternatives."
Since quite a few anti-feminists quote biblical reasons for women's "place" in the home versus women's place in either or both the home and the workplace, they are not in line with humanists belief in the separation of church and state or their commitment to civil rights.
As defined by Jim Kalb, anti-feminists think: "Acceptance of the legitimacy and usefulness of sex roles is an exercise of ordinary good sense." He doesn't see the restrictiveness of gender and sex roles at all. He thinks one of the main reasons feminism has been so successful is because of male cowardice! He doesn't have a nice view of men, for that matter. He is not interested in civil rights, human rights, or an open-ended approach to problem solving. He's not supporting the tenets of humanism either.
2007-10-28 15:10:00 · answer #2 · answered by edith clarke 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Women's rights are basic human rights, so if you are against feminism you are against rights of humans who happen to be born without a penis.
Usually it's not a healthy attitude to be anti anything (especially in this case). Mother Theresa once said that she will not march against war - but she will march for peace. Interesting perspective, don't you think?...
2007-10-26 16:39:03 · answer #3 · answered by Fex 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If it is anti-humanist to expect that feminism stop the sexist assault against men & stop enacting slanted laws giving women preferential treatment & filling our society with speech codes that violate First Amendment rights...
Then I am an anti-humanist.
I AM however, an equalist. I want men & women to have equal rights to one another.
2007-10-26 12:36:27 · answer #4 · answered by hopscotch 5 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Anti-feminists often use religion to justify claims of superiority.
2007-10-26 18:23:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Humans are social beings. They need society to survive. Society is based on family. Family is about raising the kids to be good, productive citizens. Raising kids this way requires a good mother and a wife. Feminism belittles the value and importance of stay-home moms and houseviwes. More women spend too much time at work, get divorced, children get left out, men lose families, women become lonely. Life loses meaning. Society becomes weaker. Humans become victims. Point proven?
2007-10-26 11:53:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 13⤋
Its feminism. You got it all wrong my friend.
2007-10-26 12:47:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 8⤋
Feminism is anti-humanist...
2007-10-26 11:47:30 · answer #8 · answered by mutterhals 3 · 7⤊ 15⤋