CallmeCJ(switch male)
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5 years ago •
Feb 7, 2019
5 years ago •
Feb 7, 2019
Let me preface this response with this. I have the utmost respect for women as a whole. Women deserve dignity, kindness, and equal or even preferential treatment among other things, especially from men. I have studied feminist literature. You are not a feminist. Although you have been indoctrinated to identify with the definition of feminism. The definition of feminism is "equal rights for women." The etymology of the word 'feminism' sheds more truth on the word than the definition does. 'Femin'=female, 'ism' is ideology. Feminism literally is 'female ideology'. Female ideology at its core would and should be the natural ideals of the average woman. Politics in the modern era has distorted the natural ideals of women in general and has bastardized what feminism is and should be. I'll call this bastardization 'Political feminism'. Political feminism demands a hatred of men, it demands an us vs them mentality, an oppressor vs the oppressed state of being. Political feminism demands physical labor from women, over child and motherly labor when statistically a childless woman with a successful career are on average less happy than a stay at home or even working mother with a family justvover the poverty level. Ideally feminism should promote the ideals that lead most successfully to womens happiness. However modern feminism promotes the idea that abortion is necessary and essential in saving women's future and their careers even though statistically they will be happier had they ditched the career, rather than ditching the baby and possible family. The leading feminist literature from the 1950's and beyond demonstrates a vitriolic hatred towards men and demands a rebellious rather than a cooperative attitude towards each other and hetero relationships. You rightly stated, "If a man expects me on my knees because I am a female and that's all I'm good for, then fuck you. But if he was a man of respect, pride and confidence....treated me as a person in life and protected, guided and honored me......I give him permission..." This mature attitude you have demonstrates a cooperative outlook towards men and relationships whereas politicized feminism has become the polar opposite promoting a rebellious attitude towards them. Politisized Feminism attempts to shame those who do not identify as feminists by insinuating and claiming they see women as inferior and subservient to men, which I believe to be wholly false. I do not and will never identify as a feminist but that does not mean I see you as inferior beings. Marriage and relationships are essentially cooperative business endeavors and the responsibilities of these endeavors must be divided in some manner for success. It's basically impossible for one person to do all the work. Traditionally men ideally are expected to provide food, shelter, clothing, protection love and fidelity to his family and partner. Women traditionally are ideally expected to raise and nurture children, maintain the household, cook, and provide love and fidelity to her family and partner. There is nothing degrading about a woman cooking and cleaning for her man/husband, presuming the man is upholding his end of the cooperative. Successful relationships are all built on mutual submission, not mutual domination, one sided domination, or one sided submission. These models all fail. Most feminists dont truly actually believe in equal rights. In law, the word 'right' as in 'human right' has a correlative. Correlative meaning "one cannot exist without the other." The correlative of 'right', in law, is 'duty'. Every 'right' has a corresponding 'duty', in law. It used to be that the right to vote came from the duty to enter the draft and to serve in the military in times of crisis and war. If You truly believe in equal rights, you have to believe in equal duties. Women, however, were granted the right to vote but were not charged with the duty to serve in war and enter the military draft. Can you see how this creates a disparity? Women now have a vote on whether or not to enter war with no duty or responsibility to fight in that war. Some feminists and high ranking politicians are actually considering passing legislation which would mandate females be entered into a military draft. I personally find this abhorrent. Im fine with a womens right to vote. I will never support legislation demanding women entering a military draft. I kind of glossed over a certain point I wanted to make about men and womens traditional roles in relationships. If a woman stays at home while a man works to pay the mortgage, groceries, clothing, is faithful to her and all she does is give him sex while taking birth control and hanging out in or letting the living space get dirty, the woman is not doing her due diligence to the relationship. She is essentially abandoning the relationship. Same goes for a man. If a woman cooks for and cleans up after him, gives him sex, pays half the bills, perhaps even bearing him children, while he does the bear minimum and hangs out with his friends all day then now he is guilty of a form of abandonment. Forgive my rant but my overall point and belief is that modern feminism (what some call 3rd wave feminism) is the promotion of female ideology and female ideals as superior to that of mens and therefor I cant subscribe to such a belief. I believe men and womens ideals by vast majority are intertwined and go hand in hand. On a final note, except in cases of rape, it takes two consenting people (man and woman) to create a child. Politisized feminism ignores this fact of life and demands that the woman be the sole proprietor on the decision whether or not to abort the child. This example perfectly demonstrates the bias and superiority 'feminism' grants female ideals over mens ideals. In my belief abortion is wrong, but if our laws are going to allow abortion, it took two consenting people to create the fetus, than it should take the same two consenting people to destroy it. To give the woman sole discretion in this regard is to supplant the mans ideals because ideally the man has a 50% stake in hia creation. Rant over.
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