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Is it sexist to criticize feminism?
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RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism?
(January 31, 2014 at 9:41 pm)futilethewinds Wrote:
(January 31, 2014 at 9:33 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: Do not get me wrong, do not support the oppression of any group because of their physicality be it men, women, blacks, whites, Latinos etc. However I am skeptical when I hear people say feminism is campaigning for equality, as they don't seem to ever campaign for issues that face men such ad birth control. However I'm perfectly okay with the fact that feminists fight for the rights of women, but fighting for the rights of women is not always fighting for equality. And I'm not just referring to the misandry in radical feminism, but also the rampant conspiracy theories and the common belief that women that disagree with them are brainwashed.
The patriarchy is real, and society does train women and men to think in certain way about gender roles and such. I wouldn't call it brainwashing per se, though. The patriarchy isn't really even about sex/gender but about class. Men are the privileged class, and women are the oppressed. This is why women tend to have lower SES (socioeconomic status) than men all over the world. And the quickest way to combat poverty is to focus on the education of women and give them reproductive options (namely, birth control) and MAKE SURE THEY USE IT.
See?
Straight out of the commu...sorry, feminist manifesto.
Wrong on so many levels, it hurts.
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Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by Lemonvariable72 - January 31, 2014 at 8:42 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by KichigaiNeko - January 31, 2014 at 8:53 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by ElleBelle - January 31, 2014 at 9:05 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by kılıç_mehmet - January 31, 2014 at 9:10 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by TAW - February 1, 2014 at 12:05 am
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by KichigaiNeko - January 31, 2014 at 9:15 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by kılıç_mehmet - January 31, 2014 at 9:16 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by kılıç_mehmet - January 31, 2014 at 9:21 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by KichigaiNeko - January 31, 2014 at 9:22 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by kılıç_mehmet - January 31, 2014 at 9:22 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by Lemonvariable72 - January 31, 2014 at 9:33 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by kılıç_mehmet - January 31, 2014 at 9:40 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by kılıç_mehmet - January 31, 2014 at 9:50 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by kılıç_mehmet - January 31, 2014 at 10:01 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by kılıç_mehmet - January 31, 2014 at 10:17 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by kılıç_mehmet - January 31, 2014 at 10:30 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by Shell B - February 2, 2014 at 4:55 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by Lemonvariable72 - February 2, 2014 at 5:25 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by Lemonvariable72 - February 2, 2014 at 7:47 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by Lemonvariable72 - January 31, 2014 at 10:10 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by TaraJo - January 31, 2014 at 10:28 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by TaraJo - January 31, 2014 at 10:42 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by TaraJo - January 31, 2014 at 10:59 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by BrokenQuill92 - January 31, 2014 at 11:34 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by kılıç_mehmet - February 1, 2014 at 12:16 am
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by Lemonvariable72 - February 1, 2014 at 12:57 am
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by TaraJo - February 1, 2014 at 1:09 am
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by TaraJo - January 31, 2014 at 9:46 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by Tiberius - February 2, 2014 at 5:32 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by Angrboda - January 31, 2014 at 10:09 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by kılıç_mehmet - January 31, 2014 at 10:39 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by TaraJo - January 31, 2014 at 10:46 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by kılıç_mehmet - January 31, 2014 at 10:44 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by kılıç_mehmet - January 31, 2014 at 10:48 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by kılıç_mehmet - January 31, 2014 at 10:54 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by Rev. Rye - February 1, 2014 at 12:03 am
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by kılıç_mehmet - February 1, 2014 at 12:25 am
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by TAW - February 1, 2014 at 12:35 am
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by Angrboda - February 1, 2014 at 1:10 am
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by kılıç_mehmet - February 1, 2014 at 1:17 am
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by Assimilate - February 1, 2014 at 1:35 am
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by Assimilate - February 1, 2014 at 1:53 am
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by TAW - February 1, 2014 at 1:54 am
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by TAW - February 1, 2014 at 2:04 am
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by kılıç_mehmet - February 1, 2014 at 12:53 am
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by TAW - February 1, 2014 at 1:25 am
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by kılıç_mehmet - February 1, 2014 at 2:47 am
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by Darth - February 1, 2014 at 9:52 am
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by Whateverist - February 1, 2014 at 9:58 am
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by là bạn điên - February 1, 2014 at 11:32 am
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by TaraJo - February 1, 2014 at 12:30 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by Esquilax - February 1, 2014 at 12:53 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by FlyingNarwhal - February 2, 2014 at 2:14 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by FlyingNarwhal - February 2, 2014 at 3:22 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by Lemonvariable72 - February 1, 2014 at 1:00 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by Whateverist - February 1, 2014 at 3:22 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by TaraJo - February 1, 2014 at 4:57 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by Lemonvariable72 - February 1, 2014 at 5:05 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by Whateverist - February 2, 2014 at 4:38 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by Shell B - February 2, 2014 at 6:27 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by Shell B - February 2, 2014 at 6:49 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by Shell B - February 2, 2014 at 7:29 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by Anomalocaris - February 2, 2014 at 8:52 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by Shell B - February 2, 2014 at 11:10 pm
RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism? - by TaraJo - February 3, 2014 at 12:11 am

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