2007-11-02 15:33:55 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
Priscilla B,
I really do like your sense of humor.
2007-11-02 15:48:13 · update #1
To put it simply... Normal women are happier.
They don't have a head full of anti-male propaganda & their attitudes towards men reflect that.
Men react to that. Men like that. When a woman can kick back & hang out without the need to shame or the need to bring up some supposed injustice or be offended by a man acting courteous... it's refreshing.
So to answer the question:
Respect is a two way street.
2007-11-02 16:11:57 · answer #1 · answered by hopscotch 5 · 3⤊ 6⤋
I'd certainly like you to explain to me how a feminist is not "normal". After all, according to the US Constitution, women have equal rights with men. That sounds pretty normal to me.
If you go to the dictionary, a feminist is someone who supports the full social, political, and economic equality of all people. Essentially, it's a movement that wants to make sure that each person has enough information, and enough access to resources to be able to make choices about their own individual lives. Feminism isn't so much about what choices people make--i.e. being a homemaker, being a president of a company--but what matters is that women can make these choices rather than presume roles in life.
The men I know would have more respect for someone as described above than a subservient, misogynistic "honey I'll have dinner ready for you when you get home" type of woman.
I consider myself a feminist...I always have. I gave my husband 3 beautiful children, was a stay at home mom, kept an immaculate house, prepared home cooked meals and
gave my husband all the love I could. I chose to do that because I wanted to. I loved every minute of it. A feminist can do that if she wants to. Now that the children are grown, I work outside the home, but my ideals are still the same. I am equal to my husband. He wouldn't want it any other way.
2007-11-02 22:50:20 · answer #2 · answered by artistagent116 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Respect is EARNED, and not through dependence, compliance and submissiveness. As reported here on Yahoo News a couple of days ago, the more females on the board of directors, the more profitable the business becomes. That fact, and a rapidly growing compendium of such facts about the benefits to society secondary to the rise of women, generates greater and greater respect and clout for women. Our society revolves around economic profit, brains and results. Modern employers like Bill Gates really couldn't care less about how many pounds of iron someone can bench press. Respect in today's adult world is earned through brains and results.
As for what is "normal", healthy societies have never in truth been shaped by the wasteland of base cultural notions of "normalcy" as perceived by the weak and fearful, the knuckle-draggers, the superstitious, tag-alongs, ankle-biters, troglodytes, traditionalists, conservatives, throwbacks, losers, dregs or whiners. It's the people who lead others out of the ignorance, misconceptions, mistakes and quagmires of the past, who build and go forward and adapt and get results . . . and sit on boards of directors . . . who get real respect and who get to define what "normal" is. Women are earning respect these days where it counts, as leaders, innovators, breadwinners, builders, organizers, lawmakers and board members . . . the social roles in which people get to define what "normal" is for generations to come.
2007-11-02 23:37:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
That isn't true. Men have more respect for women who can take care of themselves and have their own lives than women who depend on them for everything.
2007-11-02 23:03:18 · answer #4 · answered by Rio Madeira 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋
There are negative connotations attached to the word "feminist" due to a few man-hating militant leaders (ie. Andrea Dworkin). Not all feminists are the same though.
2007-11-02 22:41:47 · answer #5 · answered by Jasumi 4 · 7⤊ 3⤋
WHen i think of feminists I think of a man hating woman or one that thinks she has no need for a man except for what she wants to take from him > I hold doors for everyone and most people say thanks except for some women , they are either offended that I would think that they would like me to hold the door for them when they are perfectly capable of opening their own door better than i could or they just expect it and and mean bitches that can not even say thanks or smile . Basically I have no respect for man haters
2007-11-02 22:50:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
I don't know. Maybe they feel less respected by feminists or they feel threatened my them.
2007-11-02 23:57:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Which men would that be? The ones that want their shoes shined among other things? The men I dated and the one I married wanted a partner not a lackey.
2007-11-03 00:07:39 · answer #8 · answered by Deirdre O 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
I am so glad I live in a more enlightened are of the country than you apparently do.
Save your breath, Jasumi. Facts are the last things trolls are interested in.
2007-11-02 22:44:09 · answer #9 · answered by Priscilla B 5 · 6⤊ 2⤋
lol, normal women? What is normal? lol
2007-11-02 22:48:01 · answer #10 · answered by IRIS 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋