"Women who tell you that you don't know what it's like to be female aren't trying to make you feel wrong, ignorant or inferior; they're telling the truth. "
Imagine if someone said to a black person "sorry you just can't understand things white people understand, no matter how we try and explain it to you". How would you think that black person would feel? How do you think I feel?
You see they tell me I am incapable of understanding because I am a man. If the problem cannot be explained to men then it is pointless trying to solve it, since any solution would require men to change their behavior. Also just dismissing my statements because I am a man isn't just fallacious it is designed to marginalize and make me feel inferior.
"He was floored; it had never occurred to him that women -- even confident women who like men and don't fear them -- do this as a matter of course. We don't even think about it."
Let me get this straight. I am a young male adult. A member of the highest statistical victim group of violent assault. Yet your implying that I cannot understand what it is like to fear violence?
In most western countries (I don't know which country you are in) your husband is about twice as likely to be victimized by a stranger than you are.
You can look that up yourself btw at the US DOJ or the British violent crime victimization surveys.
"As for the wage gap, it specifically exists within the same industries; it isn't just comparing secretaries and doctors."
US department of Labor has found that the wage gap between the same work is 3%. This 3% is thought to be because men as a whole work more overtime than women.
"acknowledge that the concept of "patriarchy" is harmful to both men and women. Men who face uphill battles for custody rights"
Feminism has historically been on the side that supported men facing those uphill battles, the NOW feminist organization was a big supporter of disparate laws in that area during the 70s.
On your last paragraph I agree with most of the things you say, I just cannot see why that is called patriarchy. Gender roles reduce the freedom of both genders and should be fought as such.
Birth control should be free for all people in my opinion. It isn't just the right thing to do, it is also a cost saving measure.
Is it normal to be mixed and 50/50 on feminism
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"Women who tell you that you don't know what it's like to be female aren't trying to make you feel wrong, ignorant or inferior; they're telling the truth. "
Imagine if someone said to a black person "sorry you just can't understand things white people understand, no matter how we try and explain it to you". How would you think that black person would feel? How do you think I feel?
You see they tell me I am incapable of understanding because I am a man. If the problem cannot be explained to men then it is pointless trying to solve it, since any solution would require men to change their behavior. Also just dismissing my statements because I am a man isn't just fallacious it is designed to marginalize and make me feel inferior.
"He was floored; it had never occurred to him that women -- even confident women who like men and don't fear them -- do this as a matter of course. We don't even think about it."
Let me get this straight. I am a young male adult. A member of the highest statistical victim group of violent assault. Yet your implying that I cannot understand what it is like to fear violence?
In most western countries (I don't know which country you are in) your husband is about twice as likely to be victimized by a stranger than you are.
You can look that up yourself btw at the US DOJ or the British violent crime victimization surveys.
"As for the wage gap, it specifically exists within the same industries; it isn't just comparing secretaries and doctors."
US department of Labor has found that the wage gap between the same work is 3%. This 3% is thought to be because men as a whole work more overtime than women.
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"acknowledge that the concept of "patriarchy" is harmful to both men and women. Men who face uphill battles for custody rights"
Feminism has historically been on the side that supported men facing those uphill battles, the NOW feminist organization was a big supporter of disparate laws in that area during the 70s.
On your last paragraph I agree with most of the things you say, I just cannot see why that is called patriarchy. Gender roles reduce the freedom of both genders and should be fought as such.
Birth control should be free for all people in my opinion. It isn't just the right thing to do, it is also a cost saving measure.