"Feminist Beliefs" is a very general term and honestly, I can't give you my opinion without something more specific.
It's like saying that all people with "Religious Beliefs" are closed-minded assholes. That can be said about Old-Testament Christians who have anti-homosexuality views, but to say that about a Taoist could be so horribly inaccurate that the "observation" isn't so much an observation but an insult born of ignorance and blind hatred.
I believe that women should receive equal pay for equal work. I believe that women should have equal rights. I believe that women should have the same opportunities open to them as a men do and I don't feel that a women should be barred from any profession *STRICTLY* (that's the key word here) because of her sex. I feel that women should be able to work for their own money, be able to keep what they earn and not have to play a subservient role in their household unless that is their choice. These beliefs technically make me a feminist, in the same way as my being a Mormon makes me religious.
However, a woman that believes that women should be exempt from the moral standards men are held to, that women should not be held responsible for their actions if they are attributed to another male, that women should be given preferential treatment in our society and that women are in some way superior and more deserving of said preferential treatment would also be considered, in some ways, a feminist, in the same way that her being Hindu would make her religious.
In the same way that my specific religious beliefs as a Mormon differ from the religious beliefs of a Hindu, so would my feminists beliefs differ from the beliefs of a militant feminist. If you're talking about all feminist beliefs in general, then I would say your opinion of men that hold beliefs like mine is severely misguided and does no justice to them. If you're only talking about the latter beliefs, then I would say I agree with your opinion. No one should support anything like that under the guise of equality.
Is it normal that I find men who hold feminist beliefs repulsive?
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"Feminist Beliefs" is a very general term and honestly, I can't give you my opinion without something more specific.
It's like saying that all people with "Religious Beliefs" are closed-minded assholes. That can be said about Old-Testament Christians who have anti-homosexuality views, but to say that about a Taoist could be so horribly inaccurate that the "observation" isn't so much an observation but an insult born of ignorance and blind hatred.
I believe that women should receive equal pay for equal work. I believe that women should have equal rights. I believe that women should have the same opportunities open to them as a men do and I don't feel that a women should be barred from any profession *STRICTLY* (that's the key word here) because of her sex. I feel that women should be able to work for their own money, be able to keep what they earn and not have to play a subservient role in their household unless that is their choice. These beliefs technically make me a feminist, in the same way as my being a Mormon makes me religious.
However, a woman that believes that women should be exempt from the moral standards men are held to, that women should not be held responsible for their actions if they are attributed to another male, that women should be given preferential treatment in our society and that women are in some way superior and more deserving of said preferential treatment would also be considered, in some ways, a feminist, in the same way that her being Hindu would make her religious.
In the same way that my specific religious beliefs as a Mormon differ from the religious beliefs of a Hindu, so would my feminists beliefs differ from the beliefs of a militant feminist. If you're talking about all feminist beliefs in general, then I would say your opinion of men that hold beliefs like mine is severely misguided and does no justice to them. If you're only talking about the latter beliefs, then I would say I agree with your opinion. No one should support anything like that under the guise of equality.