Looks like Idea has no idea how to answer my question. Just goes to show it's easier to say something stupid than it is to defend something stupid.
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What Does "Feminism" Mean to You?
- Thread starter Sunstone
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Looks like Idea has no idea how to answer my question. Just goes to show it's easier to say something stupid than it is to defend something stupid.
Some relevant news....
Saudi women to compete in Olympics for first time - OLYMPICS - FRANCE 24
Saudi women to compete in Olympics for first time - OLYMPICS - FRANCE 24
Still not back to defend her stupid ideas, eh.
McBell
Resident Sourpuss
It is another group with a cause.
Like all groups there are all manner of members who run the full spectrum.
Like the ones who wear sweaters that are at least three sizes to small with no bra who jump up and down (literally) while complaining that men only stare at her boobs.
Then there are the ones who work their hind ends of day and night to make ends meat wishing they made the same as the guy right next to them doing the exact same job.
They were complaining? I didn't notice any sounds.
I worked with one who always showed up late, but left early to make up for it.
She also complained about racial discrimination.
Worry not, feminist friends....I will not generalize from her goofy views.
doppelganger
Through the Looking Glass
Just speaking from my personal experience and observations, my general impression is that men who feel threatened by or take a judgmental stance toward feminism both: (1) don't understand it, because they cannot or will not take the time to try to understand it, and (2) appear to be emotionally stunted and have had some experience or set of experiences that have made them hateful, fearful or distrustful of women.
I understand both problems (the first is an extension of the second), but as a matter of personal ethics, I refuse to offer excuses for adults acting like overgrown adolescents, nor do I enable it.
A man understands feminism and why it's a thing. Period.
I understand both problems (the first is an extension of the second), but as a matter of personal ethics, I refuse to offer excuses for adults acting like overgrown adolescents, nor do I enable it.
A man understands feminism and why it's a thing. Period.
could you post some links or explain a bit more about this Mystic? What exactly is the government trying to pass as I haven't heard of anything like this?
In short: I see it as a movement that seeks to achieve equal rights for women and remove the system of patriarchy that has been in place for so long. This will have the added benefit of removing a lot of the oppression that men deal with as well.
I'll expand more on this later but right now I have to get to work.
I'll expand more on this later but right now I have to get to work.
doppelganger
Through the Looking Glass
Levite
Higher and Higher
It means that we must understand that women have historically been deprived of true equality by patriarchal societies, and knowing this, we must try to fix our own society and by extension future society, so that it offers equal rights and opportunities for everyone, regardless of gender.
doppelgänger;2981056 said:
Yes. And this...
Birth control panel photo ? made up completely of men ? *goes viral * - New York Daily News
I was a stay at home mom. Since two of my three children are special needs- I had to remain one. I never regretted my decision. (Now that I want to find a job, it is difficult, although I went back to school to get an Associate's Degree, but I still don't regret it).
painted wolf
Grey Muzzle
Allowing women to decide their own fates (education, health, careers). Granting full political, legal and social rights regardless of gender.
wa:do
wa:do
painted wolf
Grey Muzzle
I'm a stay at home mom as well, but I also plan on having a career as well.
I'm also having problems finding a job, but I hope that's more a function of the economy than my choice to stay at home.
What is unfortunate is that women are almost always forced to choose between a career and being a parent and it seems you are shamed no matter which way you choose. In this regard, Europe has the far better and more equitable system.
IMHO calling mothers who choose to have a career bad parents is a sick sad ploy... it's a hard enough choice as it is.
By the same token shaming women who choose to be stay at home mothers is pathetic.
wa:do
Rakhel
Well-Known Member
^This^
What is Europe's system that you are referring to.
nnmartin
Well-Known Member
That is a clear oxymoron.
Men and women are naturally different so 'discrimination' is just as biology intended.
It's called human nature and the way of the world.
Women nurture babies, men provide the seed.