Maybe People Should Not Look Up To YouTube Atheist

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I'm always troubled by people who bring up stuff like this as some form of argument against feminism, because I and the other feminists I know (maybe I associate with a more level crowd, I dunno) would find your example to be a problematic issue that needs to be redressed, just as much as the voting thing.

The problem (for feminism) is that it IS a problem for feminism. It was an example of something in a time wherein women could take advantage of a case of female priviledge over their male counterparts that was not available the other way 'round.

I'm not saying the movement doesn't have its fair share- perhaps more so- of screamers and bad arguments, but that's not all feminism is about. "Proper" feminism, so to speak, is about equality; one could argue, as I'm doing now, that not having those duties assigned to them as much as men furthers the impression that women are incapable of shouldering them, a stereotype that works against feminism very much.

I agree, because I too would like equality for women and men. But unfortunately, even my phrasing there assumes a sort of history of female oppression and male freedom This is where a case like the Taliban-run Afganistan comes into play, where female priviledge (in certain parts of Islamic law) backfired on women making it unnecessary and detrimental for them to get an education and for the well-being of families there in general. And that's certainly not to say that women never got the shaft (this might be read as a misogynistic joke :{D), just that I think a lot of feminist writings (sometimes even in academia), are much too simplistic.