Thunderf00t vs. Feminism

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I am also curious as how to feminism in its current incarnation is equipped to solve these issues, particularly how feminists are better equipped to solve these issues then egalitarians.

For me, feminism (at least the feminism I was introduced to as a student) is simply on par, or a sub-set (whatever) of egalitarianism. Its goals are the same; equality for the sexes (although of course egalitarianism goes much further than that arguably making it preferable to matters not concerned with sexuality).

Egalitarianism is also, by definition, a more inclusive notion being that it is not a focus simply on sexuality. Often matters on sexuality are co-dependent on other issues that simply focusing on sex cannot solve. A multi-pronged approach to equality and equality of opportunity (which no doubt a lot of feminists also hold of course) for me supersedes. As an example, equality of pay. Whilst often it appears to be the case that women get paid on average less than men for the same job (no doubt a different debate altogether), equality of pay actually transcends sexuality into things like ethnicity, race and so on. It's actually a debate that both men and women need and should have as I can think of many examples where both have been affected by the in-equality of opportunity.

As an aside - If anyone is interested in reading an egalitarian critique of multiculturalism (aka, the book that made me an egalitarian), I heavily suggest this: