Who oppressed you? (and how has it affected your views on gender rights)?

Question

Whether you are a feminist, someone who disagrees with feminism, male or female -

Have you adopted feminism because you are oppressed, do you oppose it because you feel oppressed by it?

Or are there other reasons for your views on gender rights?

Answer 1

Actually, my parents may have had a tad bit of responsibility with my female gender oppression I felt years ago. My mom was pretty subservient and my dad didn't respect women. He had a bad relationship with his mom, and it must've had something to do with it. He had two daughters who he must've felt demeaned his manhood, although studies show men with higher testosterone produce female children. I grew up and rebelled, became tough exteriored, kinda nasty. I was out to prove to the world I was a badass and no male would dominate me. After years and years of failed relationships, I learned to put my guard down. I realized I can be tough, smart, but feminine and a lady. It works for me!

Answer 2

The only thing remotly resembling oppression that I have faced would be the snotty attitudes of some of the rich kids I went to school with. Us scholarship kids kind of stuck together. Other than that - no. I'm fairly young, so perhaps that's why I never faced a lot of oppresion - much of the overt oppression had died down by the time I was born. My ancestors, as immigrants, certainly did. Life still pretty much sucks for immigrants to the US, from what I hear.

Answer 3

Nobody oppressed me. I adopted humanism because it is a sincere search for the truth in the universe. It also just so happens that humanists also believe in equality of all people. My views on gender probably come from my parents and a few teachers I have had over the years.

Answer 4

You seem to assume that everyone has a position on the question os whether women are human based on having been, or felt, oppressed.

That's wrong.

Every reasoning person realizes that women are human. I didn't come to that conclusion because I was oppressed, exactly.

Though I have encountered quite a few sub-humans who reject the idea that women are human beings.

I am also aware of a lot of problems due to sexism. There are countries where women are virtual prisoners of the men in their lives.

I don't have to have been oppressed to realize that's wrong.

I just have to be a human being.

Answer 5

Personally, I haven't been oppressed, but I agree with the first guy, I believe that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities.

Answer 6

Feminism in a broad sense stands for equality of the sexes. I do believe in the equality of the sexes. I don't agree with the label. It has too many other implied meanings. I don't like it today. It had it's place during the womens suffrage movement and still has it's place in other countries and cultures. I think in America we need to move away from the feminism label and just assume we are are equal humans no one is better than anybody else.

Take care.

Answer 7

i never "adopted" feminism, it just happens to be a label that describes some of my views on equality of the sexes fairly well.
i don't fit into stereotypes. so the only "oppression" (if you can call it that--more like pressure, imo) that i ever felt was to be something i'm not.
sorry, no can do!

Answer 8

I adopted feminism because I was raised to believe that everybody is equal. The alternative was never desirable to me.

Answer 9

Women should have the same rights as men, just like differents races should have equal rights.

Answer 10

No one and I'm still not oppressed.