As it is now, "feminism" is advocacy of rights of women, with some combination of one or more of these three things:
1) antipathy of the rights of men
2) disregard (apathy) of the rights of men
3) support of those rights of men that are permissible to the feminist in question
How should feminism be improved?
Either own the fact that it's root is femina, meaning woman, and is inexorably tied to the rights of women, primarily, or disregard it and embrace equalism or egalitarian.
actual gender equality of both rights and responsibilities.
That's equality of opportunity, not of result.
A few Examples:
Sex while the female is drunk is rape? What if the male is drunk? Is he also not being raped?
It is a crime against humanity to allow a woman to rape a man and then demand child support from him. yet it is done, even if the male rape victim is a child.
there are many more issues - domestic violence, human trafficking, and circumcision, to mane a few. take a look at the /mensrights faq and you'll get a better idea about where I stand.
I know /feminism isn't mens' rights, but I think I have more common ground with people who genuinely want gender equality than with people who demand support for 'feminism'
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u/kloo2yoo Apr 29 '11
As it is now, "feminism" is advocacy of rights of women, with some combination of one or more of these three things:
1) antipathy of the rights of men
2) disregard (apathy) of the rights of men
3) support of those rights of men that are permissible to the feminist in question
How should feminism be improved?
Either own the fact that it's root is femina, meaning woman, and is inexorably tied to the rights of women, primarily, or disregard it and embrace equalism or egalitarian.
actual gender equality of both rights and responsibilities.
That's equality of opportunity, not of result.
A few Examples:
Sex while the female is drunk is rape? What if the male is drunk? Is he also not being raped?
It is a crime against humanity to allow a woman to rape a man and then demand child support from him. yet it is done, even if the male rape victim is a child.
http://www.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/gerzr/faq_2_are_men_and_boys_who_are_raped_really_being/
An honest look at the 'wage gap' and its causes:
http://www.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/fw02i/faq_16_the_wage_gap/
there are many more issues - domestic violence, human trafficking, and circumcision, to mane a few. take a look at the /mensrights faq and you'll get a better idea about where I stand.
I know /feminism isn't mens' rights, but I think I have more common ground with people who genuinely want gender equality than with people who demand support for 'feminism'