"feminism" is, at the very core, the power of women to chose their path. A power that man have and had since forever.
Your post smells too much of mansplanation to me, "look ladies, maybe feminism is bad for you!!". Yeah, maybe it is for some, isn't for other, but the choice is what matters.
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mansplanation...that's a word now? I imagine it's a term people learn in feminist study class these days. Feminism isn't about choice anymore, that's long gone. Now that there isn't any dragons to slay in the west for the cause of equal rights, it's mostly about giving a free pass to make bad choices without regards for the consequences on society. Just read buzzfeed, gawker or jezebel and ask yourself if the stuff they promote under the "feminist" banner actually in women's best interest.
Well, I guess you don't know that I'm in the EAST here. Also, I took economics and programming in college so your guess is as good as mine but deridind a term doesn't make it less powerful.
It is a word and it has a very specific meaning, irregardless of your opinion.
No more dragons to slay? Ah, goodie, now that women have equal rights, earn just as much, have the same opportunities as men, we should rest.
Thanks for the tip, man. I did not realize this utopia was out of beta in the West.
As I said, eastern-european here, forgive my ignorance.
I didn't know you are in the East. Mansplaining is a stupid word in my opinion when you could just use condescending...without adding the specific gender to it. If I pay a women less than a men for the same job here, it's a straight ticket to jail or a huge fine...and when it comes to jail, women gets 1/3 the sentence men do for the same crime. So I would say, it's out of beta here.
I sure want all women to have equal rights all over the world, but I don't wish for what comes after the big battles are won.
My apologize then and a warm welcome to check out my posts, although you might not enjoy them as we seem to have different opinions on some big stuff.
But, as it happens, there's always common ground: I , too, worry about what comes after the big battles are won!
Femsplain: v., informal. To tell a man he has no right to hold an opinion, even less to express it, because, gender equality and equal rights for all. Generally includes some cliché phrase like "not all feminists are like that" or "you just don't understand feminism". All joking aside though, you may want to read the following article to give you some perspective on why young people in the West (men in particular) have very legitimate reasons to question third-wave feminism. http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/robyn-urback-if-this-is-the-new-womens-movement-its-no-wonder-girls-dont-want-to-call-themselves-feminists
you're a feminist?
i wouldn't say that about myself but a lot of what i think is fair seems ot be in line with same wave of feminism...which wave exactly i am not sure :) why?
oh, I just hope you don't go crazy
yeah. don't worry about me. worry about holding a view without scrutinizing it first.
This is also another informative article which showcases why university aged men in Canada are becoming less and less supportive of the feminist movement. As is evidenced by many student unions, it is no longer about equal opportunities, but legislated preferential treatment for females. http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/robyn-urback-on-shocking-anti-male-hatred-on-the-sfu-campus
@razvanelulmarin: I agree with you. If men and women put more effort into complementing and trying to understand and help each other, rather than trying to compete with and one-up each other, we would all be better off.
let me re-state: MAN VS WOMAN is a stupid war that should stop and fueled by extremist on both sides. I am not one. I hope you aren't either.
Here is my response to this post.
I think one of the issues is that the 3rd wave feminists attempt to make sexism appear worse than it is in the West. I don't disagree that a lot of progress still needs to be made in some other regions of the world.
You'll hear that feminism is about gender equality "by definition", but no real effort is made by their movement to help men when they're worse off. You hear much less from the men's rights movement for issues of similar importance. Also, keep in mind that dictionaries don't define words, culture does. By the looks of it, the two to have diverged over time.
Take this recent example from Canada's prime minister:
Again, progress can be made for both men and women. It's just not clear to me that the issues women face in western countries are as bad as their vocal representatives make them seem to be relative to men's issues.
What's your take on that? - I'm up for discussion at any time in the chat if you're interested in exploring these controversial statements further!
see my reply above. femnism got a bad rep because extremist are most vocals. so with redpillers on the man side.
The media gives the extremists the stage.
Just wondering if you would let men say womansplanation?