RE: Men's Rights Movement
December 27, 2017 at 2:14 am
(This post was last modified: December 27, 2017 at 2:16 am by Athene.)
I certainly don't think that women in the US have it "as bad they've ever it", or as bad as women living in many other regions of the world do. However, quiet complacency is a wholly inappropriate response to being afforded an upgrade from second-class citizenship after long fought decades of struggle; Especially in a nation as young as the US.
As long as there exists an element within society that seeks to see those rights scaled back (and we KNOW that there is), then maintaining a degree of vigilance is justifiable, reasonable, and likely necessary. And tbh, the rhetoric of "You got your cake, now shut up" pretty much suggests a resentment and acrimony, that only further denotes the need for watchfulness and vigilance, at least to my mind. In my view in regards to life as a US citizen, feminism is largely a matter of "minding the shop" in the absence of the women and men who fought, died, and put everything on the line for the upgrade.
Not hating, blaming, or ignoring men, or demanding that folks assume pet labels.
As long as there exists an element within society that seeks to see those rights scaled back (and we KNOW that there is), then maintaining a degree of vigilance is justifiable, reasonable, and likely necessary. And tbh, the rhetoric of "You got your cake, now shut up" pretty much suggests a resentment and acrimony, that only further denotes the need for watchfulness and vigilance, at least to my mind. In my view in regards to life as a US citizen, feminism is largely a matter of "minding the shop" in the absence of the women and men who fought, died, and put everything on the line for the upgrade.
Not hating, blaming, or ignoring men, or demanding that folks assume pet labels.
