Hey, thanks for the positive 8
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contribution to a discussion.
I glanced at this thread a while back and was itching to point out the ignorance and basic idiocy of certain former, posts but I missed my chance, unfortunately.
You are a far more tolerant person than I. Much respect.
Really though I wish people would stop taking a side rather than just being against sexism and inequality regardless of target. That's what I try to do. I'm female and I've suffered a lot at the hands of male perpetrators, but I won't let that cause me to blindly fight sexism and violence towards women and just ignore all the rampant put downs of men in media, which I think is one of the most noticeable examples of sexism against men. The love of my life is a man, my brothers a man, most of my closest friends are men. Why should anyone have to pick a side? What good comes from arguing which sex is worse off? Why not just fight the sexism we see and not even think about which one is worse off.
This is a good point and makes sense. The whole concept of Feminism is to address these issues regardless of sex. The concept of patriarchy stems from this toxic concept of masculinity which falsely ascribes and attempts to socialise people into a concept of masculinity that is defined as a predatory and domineering facet of 'maleness'. This has caused damage to both men and women in various capacities.
Hence why both male and female victims of violence both suffer under a social system that shames them into submission (albeit by using their roles to allow violent and insiduous means to control them).
Feminism is not about disempowering men (anyone who proports this, is not a feminist but is a bigot who has issues). There is an anima and an animus in all of us. We are not solely defined, as individuals, by our sex alone.
Feminism does a wonderful job of levelling the playing field, for all.
This obviously does not mean that men and women (or those identifying as such; evidenced according to recent research) are the same physiologically, bio-chemically etc. etc. but it means that socially, we all get an opportunity to view each other from a slighty more equal perspective than what social roles have (and often do) traditionally perscribe(d) (and I think anyone with any experience, or any knowledge of recent history knows how much bullshit that entails.)
If an individual doesn't understand Feminism then, you obviously don't have to identify with it. However, I seriously question people who bash something that they don't subscribe to (unless they articulate a valid argument about how it is dysfunctional). By bashing they demonstrate they are personally scared of it; see it as dangerous, or they are emotionally challenged; or both.
There are some lunatic females on the net that hate men and use 'feminism' as a cover to vent their issues - this is nonsense.
There are also males, who use this as an example to negate what Feminism is about and also vent their personal issues - similar nonsense.
Both should be ignored and/ laughed at imho.
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