Is it normal to have this issue with feminism?

Being a 'feminist' myself, (or rather, promoting equality) I understand what you're saying.

For instance, the right to women being in the military, but lowering the overall standards (at least for the women) is absurd. If people want equality, than they have to be prepared to fit standards with no special rights.

Feminism is just one big victim-complex and irrational. How it has existed this long is beyond me, but given more and more people are opposing it, I think it'll be on its way out soon, or atleast just be one of those side groups that exists but nobody really cares about anymore.

why shame anyone? why do we need to have standards on people? literally what is so hard about this... just don't fucking judge people. Let them do what they want as long as it's not harming anyone else. That's it. The world would be such a nice and peaceful place if people lived by this.

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That being said, no one owns the 'rights to equality.' I suppose it depends on a individuals belief, but to my knowledge feminism was organized to be a group that supported equality, and sought to end the oppression of women. In fact, if you were to look up the definition of feminism it goes as followed:

"The advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men."

What exactly is wrong with sleeping around though? Why should anyone be judged or mistreated for such personal decisions? And how exactly would you define "slutty"? I'm sure the mennonite girls around here think my shorts are "slutty", but they are perfectly tame to me and my family and aren't considered sexually provocative. Some people think sex with strangers is slutty, others think sex with anyone outside of marriage is slutty. I'm just down about the whole concept of "sluts". They don't exist. In a perfect world that standard wouldn't apply to anyone.

"Sure. What we should do though is shame male sluts rather than giving female sluts an easy time."
Or maybe shame neither because how active a person is sexually is nothing to be ashamed of?

I used to be a feminist, until I got sick of all the female-issues-only bullshit. Guys suffer from sexism too not just women.

I wholeheartedly agree that the definition of feminism has changed, and the victim-complex is widespread throughout the whole organization, even if no one cares to address the issue.

With the said the oppression of women is real, and denying it is being ignorant of an entire genders suffering.

Obviously women's struggles aren't as prevalent in first world countries. However, in many developing counties (ex: majority of the Middle East) women are considered subhuman and are treated as such.

I suppose I myself must rethink of considering myself as a feminist, as the word does appear to have negative stigma in society nowadays. I consider myself a humans right activist, and believe in what the original intent of feminism was.

I just hate how the reputation of feminism has been damaged over time by the few, ridiculous people purporting to speak for the movement, and for the misinterpretation and misappropriation by others of its values.

Feminism should be a branch of egalitarianism. It shouldn't be equated to female superiority or misandry.

I just cruise around town all day bare poling as much random tail as I possibly can!

I think equal rights is fine but being over-the-top feminist makes people look like sexist pricks and that's the opposite of what they're supposedly trying to achieve, right?

Fuck.

In my opinion, there is a huge discrepancy between real feminism and what people use the word to describe. I shudder to label myself a feminist because of all of the negative images it congers, hairy arpitted women with daddy issues and riteous anger.

REAL feminism is about choices, not necessarily about rejecting traditional gender roles and guilt tripping men for behaving like men. For example, if I CHOOSE to behave in a traditionally feminine manner, want to cook and be a house marm, that doesn't make me any more or less of a feminist. I see exercising my will to be an act of feminism in and of itself.

I happen to find traditional gender roles to be sexy. As an opinionated, loudmouthed woman who swears like a drunken lumberjack and exudes masculine energy, I eternally love any man who can out man me. Nomnomnom all over sexy, stable, authoritative, masculine guys who make me feel feminine...so sexy!!

What, you think I believe people dislike feminism just because women want all the rights men want? I fully understand that people dislike the beliefs and actions that a majority of feminists carry themselves with.

Your assumption that I was making an assumption is deeply incorrect sir, good day to you.

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I think women deserves to get equally paid as men do on any occupation.

44 Comments! nice work OP.
Is there a record for most number of comments.

Oh yeah.....um....stare rape is a crime

C Ya.

In my first year of university, I was in small work-group discussion about Virgil's Aeneid. I (jokingly) compared the tragic character of Dido to a hormonal woman on her period; an innocent joke I thought. Most of the people in the group were girls, and mostly feminists. Let's just say it didn't exactly fly with them. Other than that, I am all for equal gender rights and equality. Its the extremists that usually tarnish it for everyone else.

Just because some people use a label to gain legitimacy for their beliefs, does not mean those people represent the wider body of theory. Picking on examples of extremists cannot logically discredit wider theory. If you show a greater interest in what people do rather than the strength of a body of theory, you are displaying a poor quality of imagination and an unambitious attitude to logic. There's a popular quote about it attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt.

Oh man, I heard about the whole twitter thing, absolutely ludicrous.

People go to great extents to try and defend their idiocy.

You can't stand the women having equality part, or the women superiority / having more special rights then men part?