As a man, I see countless times here in Portugal that women are harmed numerous times, socially, professionally, in relationships, etc. situations. But one thing I can say is that because of the impact that feminism has had, women are starting to get more value than men. At least in my country. And that was not supposed to happen. Feminist is equality. One example is that we, men, have to pay twice as women only to enter in a disco (I'm not really a fan of disco, but hey, I see the prices); Women are being hired to work, thanks to feminism to be in force, and leaving many men behind.
I emphasize with this you know? I am in favor of feminism. Yes, feminism, not feminazism. And believe me or not, I have seen many women claiming to be feminists and not being feminist, only feminazi.
You have to know the difference. So my country still has a lot going forward and evolving if it really wants equality for all rights.
Regarding Steemit and what you said, I'm not sure if it will be true because I have not done much research yet. But on the question "You're hot or not" it depends a lot on the taste of men. If they really find some women more beautiful than others, it varies greatly from person to person. The same can be said for us men. I do not consider myself beautiful, nor do I want to be judged by it here. My content is what really matters.
What do you think about what I said?
I would like to discuss this subject further and learn more about what is really happening in the world of women, and to be able to give you my support as a man. Because yes, there are men who support equality, and I am one of them.
Cheers,
@ t-miles
Thank you for your thoughts! I certainly appreciate the comments, though I have some responses:
I'll start with the most minor one, about women paying half as much to enter a disco. That's actually an example of the opposite of women's equality and/or feminism, and personally, I stay away from any club that does that. The reason that they pay half as much is that women are seen as sex objects and they are encouraged to come into the disco so that men can be attracted to go there to objectify them and prey on them. The financial incentive is paid for by our safety.
For some reason people tend to separate out feminism and activism to bring up members of any minority, so I'm going to bring those two back together in discussing the issue of disproportionate numbers of women entering the work force. In the US at least, we have a very diverse country but many of the better paying jobs are heavily dominated by white men. The fact is that we could spend two generations waiting for it to even out and continuing to have white men making much more money than people of color and women, or we could actively recruit people into those roles who haven't had an equal chance. Even still, we still have a tech industry where only 5% of CEOs of startups are women, and entry level engineers are less than 25% female, so men still have a strong advantage whether or not we're actively trying to bring women in (I posted a link to the exact statistics in another comment above). I actually think it's valid to argue whether or not affirmative action is "fair" and I don't necessarily think that everyone who thinks it's unfair is coming from a place of sexism or racism, but personally I think we're still not doing enough and affirmative action is one of the only ways we can speed up the process, because we need to take direct action if we want to speed up the process of gaining equality for women and people of color.
Also... I know you don't mean that this way but "feminazism" is super offensive. I'm Jewish and my great grandparents were lucky to make it out of Ukraine and Poland before the Holocaust, but a lot of members of my extended family didn't. Even the most aggressive feminists out there are certainly not equivalent to Nazis. I'll be the first to say that there are corners of the feminist movement that I wouldn't personally participate in, but I do understand the anger and frustration when so many women out there have been the victims of violence themselves. After you've survived being beaten or sexually assaulted, often numerous times, it's a lot to ask of a woman to be polite talking to someone telling them that they have some kind of advantage in life.
There are some pretty hateful women out there under the cover of "feminism", and their talk about men is not all that different from how Hitler and his followers used to talk about jews...I am sorry to hear about you ancestors...
Well, first of all, I want to apologize for the term I used. I don't know any other way of expressing a woman who wants to be, in terms of superiority, over man. Femist? I don't know, could you give me the correct word? :)
About what you said, I'm so sorry for them ... really. It hurts me when I thought about what Germany did in the last century, and about what USA did to Japan (I love Japan so much).
So I can understand your pain, and your frustration too. I can understand even the frustration of women when they are angry at the men. But you know, let's imagine if all the women were angry at men? What were the possibilities? War? Women vs. Men? No more child? No more love between opposite genres? So many things I could say that many people don't think.
That's not the solution to all the problems that women have. The solution is like you and I said, no more one above each other. It's equal rights, and change the mind of the future generation. All the problems are in the mind. And it's always one against the other, but what matters is that in the future we could have a moment of harmony and that the harmony could end up with the disrespect for women in the past, and the superiority of men. No one is superior to anyone. No one is inferior to anyone.
Cheers,
@t-miles