Do anti fems feel more Threatened or more Jealous by independant women?

Answer 1

I'm not sure which. But I notice they aren't answering this question.

Answer 2

As for "traditional" women:
I think some of them pity the overly-independent. Perhaps she has not experienced true love or having children, which some women find to be life's greatest joys. Others are confused, and others simply accept that not all people are made alike, and what thrills one woman is downright repugnant to another.

As for anti-woman men:
I wouldn't know. But some of them sure do sound threatened to me.

My Grandma was once asked if she ever wanted to be "more than" a mom. She said, "You mean LESS than a mom. And no." She worked for pay at times, but she always identified her "job" as mother. You can't tell me she was secretly "threatened" by women who had to juggle paid work and mothering, because she occasionally had to and hated it.

Answer 3

Neither really. Whether another woman is independant or married and at home looking after the kids while her husband brings home the bacon, everyone has their own lives and I'm not the type to feel jealous or threatened by anyone.

Answer 4

I'm not anti or pro anything but no I wouldn't feel threatened or jealous by an independent woman, I have my own life to live.

Answer 5

Just like their are lots of different types of feminists, I think there are lots of types of anti-feminists.

-Some don't know how to disagree with what they don't like about feminism without being angry about it.
-Some assume they know what feminism is, but base their ideas on what they heard or experienced once--they really don't know what it is.
-Some are religious and believe in rigid gender roles. They feel their way of life is being threatened. And it is.
-Others want lives like their parents, and don't know where they fit now.
-Some have had their wives leave them, and they don't know why. And they're mad as heck about it.
-Some have lost access to their kids and are hurt and in pain.
-A few are not threatened or jealous, they hate women.

Answer 6

I really like Rio's answer. I think it has a lot of truth to it - women who are independent and are doing it all - raising children and accomplishing things in their career - are raising the bar. Women who don't want to do both may feel like that demeans their accomplishments. Everyone is free to accomplish as much as they like. If a person graduates from high school and raises 2 kids, and never works - fine by me - as long as they can still be happy for me and my accomplishments. In my experience though, a lot of them are not. It causes too much cognitive dissonance, so to deal with that become of the mindset that women's lives are meaningless unless they've raised children, and nothing else in life is worth doing, or as difficult.

Answer 7

I would say ,they are more Threatened by independent women.

Answer 8

Neither. I'm not jealous of them (I mean having to balance a pointless 9-5 job, and possibly a family. Yuck. I'll just stick to taking care of the family). Nor do I feel threatened because what are they going to do? Throw their birth control pills at me?

Answer 9

What's an anti fem?

Answer 10

I'll tell you this. When Maureen McTeer, the first Canadian prime minister's wife to keep her maiden name, vowed not to leave law school while she raised her daughter, this was the exact response from other political wives: "If you are doing it all, more people will want to know why we can't."

Answer 11

well i am super jealous! and threatened. :(

just kidding :) i think women are beautiful when independent and self-motivated. thanks for the relevant question!