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This has come up in a few threads I've been spying on so I thought I'd give it its own thread. So basically do you feel that feminism as a movement is still needed in the united states? Why or why not?
Probably should define exactly the kind of feminism we're talking about, so there's absolutely no ambiguity.
We should replace it with peoplism, since there are gender related issues for all 5 sexes.
Not in great numbers yet.I would have thought there would be more than 5 by now
This has come up in a few threads I've been spying on so I thought I'd give it its own thread. So basically do you feel that feminism as a movement is still needed in the united states? Why or why not?
Yes. Here's why it's still relevant:
1) Protect reproductive rights
2) Lily Ledbetter Fair Wage Act
3) Combat ignorance portrayed by the likes of Todd Akin and "legitimate rape"
4) Oh, and while on that subject...combat rape culture.
5) Violence Against Women Act
6) Combat ****-shaming
7) And finally, if my 14-year-old daughter says she wants to be President some day, I'd like to be able to look at her in the eyes and say there's a real possibility she could be.
On point #7, given that female politicians like Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton are judged more harshly for how they dress, their hair, their voices, than what they actually stand for makes me wonder just how likely it is that a woman can be voted in as President of the U.S. currently.
Don't men get murdered more than womwn in this country? Why not have a "stop violence" campaigne instead of just focus on violence against women? Every year, thousands of men in the US are murdered.
What is **** shaming?? Lol...
Women can be president... Heck, mayne Hillary Clinton could have won, but she dropped out and gave her support for the O remember? We can't blame society for that... She chose to drop out.... Women have the same change to win as men. Give me a woman candidate that shares my values, and I'll give her
My vote.
Don't men get murdered more than womwn in this country? Why not have a "stop violence" campaigne instead of just focus on violence against women? Every year, thousands of men in the US are murdered.
What is **** shaming?? Lol...
Women can be president... Heck, mayne Hillary Clinton could have won, but she dropped out and gave her support for the O remember? We can't blame society for that... She chose to drop out.... Women have the same change to win as men. Give me a woman candidate that shares my values, and I'll give her
My vote.
Yes, the suicides rates for men are also way higher.
We have a campaign going on with a mental health organisation targeting men to try and drop the suicide rates for men.
Thats good
What you mean "we"? Who is doing the campaign? Are you involved?
Depends on circumstance. There is a lot of domestic related murders of women than men if get what I mean. Its a bit difference than people get murdered in general.
Kinda like naming and shaming I guess.
We have a woman PM and there has been quite a bit of sexist stuff going on recently leading up to elections. Kinda disgusting tbh.
Arent the shelters available for men being abused dramatically less than the ones for women in the UK even when the stats of abuse are ve close to half anf half when it comes to who abuses who?
I think organisations to protect men's rights are needed.