Why do some feminists hate american men even though they were protected in the past?

Question

I agree that due to the belief that women were weaker than men women could not vote, run for office, and get jobs in the past. However many feminists disagree that american men that time were more protective of women. For example never in history have women been included in the draft whereas males who were 18 and older were forced to go in vietnam and wars before that. Secondly the idea of executing a woman or charging and punishing a woman convicted of statutory rape was a taboo. Women defendants did not get the same kind of justice that male defendants did at that times and even now in the same.

Answer 1

Well, for starters, I don't agree with the draft in the first place, for males or females. I don't think men should be called to serve if they don't want to, and neither should women. However, that said, some women resented the inability to serve in the military (prior to women being allowed into the armed services). In the Revolutionary war, there are historical accounts of women who dressed like men just so that they could fight in the war. Deborah Samson, for example, served in an infantry unit for a year before she was discovered and honorably discharged.

And do I think women should not be executed or not serve proper time for a crime committed? Of course not! Do the crime, serve the time, regardless of gender. Why would I want protection for the most debase individuals of society (criminals)? Justice is blind (or at least should be!) and gender, race, or creed should never be taken into consideration.

EDIT--- Oookay, usually I understand why I get thumbs down-- but for this response? I don't even think I said anything controversial!

Answer 2

Feminists have always claimed they want equality but feminist websites are all about spreading hate against men. Women do want equality but only where it suits them and not real equality because anything women don't like they want men to have it. As an example even in feminist sweden men are still considered expendable because women wont help defend there country and even feminists there only want women in the forces to do nice safe jobs as if women are a superior class. Men shouldn't defend hypocrites like them and as in the united states we have too many feminist hypocrites here in Britain who think men should be left with all the rotten stuff.Even my sister who is a feminist thinks women should be treated better than men and dangerous jobs should be left to men as if we are rubbish and she calls it equality. I haven't spoken to or seen her for 4 years because i have no time for female chauvinist pigs who think they are superior to me just because of there gender.

Answer 3

I don't hate men. I realize they were protective of us, but at the same time that protection was also oppressive in some ways. I'm glad times are changing. We can protect ourselves, and have the ability to live a life of our own choosing. I'm glad we now have a chance to do this. Women in the past did not have a choice, or a voice. I'm willing to accept equality on all of it's terms. Women should be held to the same standards of justice as men. It makes sense to me. The freedom we have now is definitely worth it.

Answer 4

Well, they're still physically weaker than men, and likely will always be, unless our species undergoes some radical departure off the usual primate evolutionary map. The only country I can even think of that has had a female draft is Israel, and they have been thinking of doing away with it due to the ethical problems of it for decades.

Most modern day feminists, well, they really don't seem to have much common sense. While I'm all for equality, we have to accept that by evolution (or by god, whichever you believe), we (boys and girls) are built differently, and we have certain tasks we are simply inherently better suited for. Also, while I'm sure protection is nice, I see the protection you're referring too more as possessiveness. You can be protective, and still let women live their lives. I also would like to point out, that a lot of women I know, really don't need protection of any kind.

Answer 5

Protected against what? Domestic violence? Abandonment? Infidelity? Marital rape? All these were serious problems facing women and still exist today. The difference is now they are out in the open, unlike in the past when they were considered to be private family matters and not talked about.

Answer 6

These issues are far more complex individually than are given credit here.

ANYWAY. The social rolls of the times were what motivated. Protecting a woman was expected and severely socially punished if not adequate. Now, everyone is liberated and quite confused. Well...not all of us....ahem

Answer 7

We do know that American men were protective of women. However, they got tired of being "protected" and decided it was time to be able to do what the guys were doing. They wanted to be treated like reasonable adults. History aside, feminists don't hate men — misandrists do. Feminism and misandry are mutually exclusive.

Answer 8

>For example never in history have women been included
>in the draft whereas males who were 18 and older were
>forced to go in vietnam and wars before that.

The situation still exists. Washington does not have the legal right to draft women - only men - yet the feminazis who infest this area refuse to admit it as this would expose feminist hypocrisy in one more way.

Answer 9

Yep, listenup, and men have absolutely NEVER taken steroids in the olympics, in bodybuilding, in baseball or anywhere. You're a genius!

Answer 10

I don't believe in double standards, when it comes to punishment for crimes, so why should I be pleased about that?