Many feminists in western countries are exactly how you're describing, arguing against attacks that aren't there and protesting nothing.
However, most feminists I've met (not exactly the strongest argument) seemed to be about feminism throughout the world, not just in western countries where feminism is close to running its course. Feminists in many Islamic countries I think would have to fit OP's description as they risk death at most every turn.
The western countries seem to have two groups of feminists with any visibility now. The type that argue for equal wages and to not be treated solely as sexual objects, and then those that will call you a misogynist for holding a door for them.
What's annoying about feminism is that they use the mistreatment of females in other countries to support their own country, then use the high moral they gain from claiming to be about helping women in other areas, to support their protesting in western society.
Kind of like "Hey, we are about helping women that need it in other countries! That means our movement is about helping people! So here is an issue about how trolls on Twitter only target women and hate women"...They use the whole "helping women in other countries" to try establish the image they are fighting for women that really need it, then turn around and focus on every small or non-issue in western society...One being about "Twitter", which is just insulting, is it not? A group claiming they are about helping women that need it spend time focusing on something as trivial as Twitter...
In all honesty, both of those types of feminists are wrong.
The wage gap has been proven to be a result of choices between the genders, not discrimination. Men do more risky jobs and go in to fields that have higher pay with less comfort, where as women are not likely to do that, and so on.
Being seen as sexual objects is another problem. They have this idea that finding a woman sexually attractive means you are turning her in to a sexual object rather than a sexually attractive person. Regardless of this, they tend to go against "lad mags" for these reasons, saying it objectifies women, that it is harmful content to children, all while they go on something called a slut walk where they dress in barely anything and walk in public where children would be around, wearing the same amount of clothing the women in the magazines wore.
Is it normal that I often find feminist women attractive?
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Many feminists in western countries are exactly how you're describing, arguing against attacks that aren't there and protesting nothing.
However, most feminists I've met (not exactly the strongest argument) seemed to be about feminism throughout the world, not just in western countries where feminism is close to running its course. Feminists in many Islamic countries I think would have to fit OP's description as they risk death at most every turn.
The western countries seem to have two groups of feminists with any visibility now. The type that argue for equal wages and to not be treated solely as sexual objects, and then those that will call you a misogynist for holding a door for them.
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What's annoying about feminism is that they use the mistreatment of females in other countries to support their own country, then use the high moral they gain from claiming to be about helping women in other areas, to support their protesting in western society.
Kind of like "Hey, we are about helping women that need it in other countries! That means our movement is about helping people! So here is an issue about how trolls on Twitter only target women and hate women"...They use the whole "helping women in other countries" to try establish the image they are fighting for women that really need it, then turn around and focus on every small or non-issue in western society...One being about "Twitter", which is just insulting, is it not? A group claiming they are about helping women that need it spend time focusing on something as trivial as Twitter...
In all honesty, both of those types of feminists are wrong.
The wage gap has been proven to be a result of choices between the genders, not discrimination. Men do more risky jobs and go in to fields that have higher pay with less comfort, where as women are not likely to do that, and so on.
Being seen as sexual objects is another problem. They have this idea that finding a woman sexually attractive means you are turning her in to a sexual object rather than a sexually attractive person. Regardless of this, they tend to go against "lad mags" for these reasons, saying it objectifies women, that it is harmful content to children, all while they go on something called a slut walk where they dress in barely anything and walk in public where children would be around, wearing the same amount of clothing the women in the magazines wore.
The movement is just filled with hypocrites.