Feminism is as Awful as Homophobia

[TaraJo]

As for OP


And as for my, personal feelings on feminism....

I think most of what passes for feminism on the internet, especially in certain atheist spaces, is shit *cough*RebeccaWatson*cough*.

Specifically, I've had experiences that aren't exactly like they like to talk about. Specifically, I'm a trans woman who had children before transitioning and the state still considers me male. I don't know when, if or how I'm going to see my children again. Also, because of the states' aggressive child support policies, I spent a lot of time literally homeless. While homeless, I watched while there were several housing programs specifically for women that I didn't qualify for and shelters specifically for women which, again, wouldn't accept me. Specifically, most of the experiences I've had with blatant gender discrimination were experiences that predominantly effect men.... and attempting to talk about those experiences in those feminist spaces is met with nothing but hostility.

That being said, there certainly is good feminism. Feminism can be empowering and it can encourage women and it can fight for womens rights. Wendy Davis, filibustering literally all day to preserve womens right to choose in Texas, that's good feminism. Hillary Clinton, who is a likely candidate to be the next president of the USA, calling a reporter on it when he asked about her fashion choices, that's good feminism. If you want to go pop culture, ok, Katness from The Hunger Games is an example of the kind of feminism I like: she's tough and resourceful and doesn't just sit there, trying to play the victim card on herself without attempting to fix things (and often fixes things without having to play some big pity party). We need more strong, tough women like that. What we don't need is a bunch of shrill bitches shutting down a speaking event in Toronto because they don't like the speaker or a guy getting fired because a woman over hears him making a joke to someone else that may be sexual.