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I need feminism because
It’s acceptable to call me a slut.
You do realize that you are calling prostitutes inferior? If there is nothing wrong with being a prostitute, there is nothing wrong with being called one. I don't think there is anything wrong with being a prostitute, personally, so long as no coercion is involved.
If we consider the meaning "Slut is a term applied to an individual who is considered to have loose sexual morals or who is sexually promiscuous" then the problem is even less obvious. Stop treating it as an insult and just say "Yeah. So what, Mother Theresa?"
If Marie Curie spent her time complaining about how the cards are stacked against her, she wouldn't have become an inspiration to millions.
If we consider the meaning "Slut is a term applied to an individual who is considered to have loose sexual morals or who is sexually promiscuous" then the problem is even less obvious. Stop treating it as an insult and just say "Yeah. So what, Mother Theresa?"
I need feminism becauseYou are talking about frivolous sexual harassment lawsuits, rights? I've had my butt slapped by girls. If they are crossing the line, I tell them.
It’s okay for a guy to slap my butt.
I need feminism becauseOf course. We don't do stuff like put the person in jail if the guilt can be established, right?
It’s my own fault if a man rapes me.
I need feminism becauseBased on what most girls tell me, they look good for themselves. You aren't in Saudi Arabia where women are forced to wear head scarves. If you feel pressured by someone to look good, just say no to peer pressure.
I should look good for men to see.
I need feminism becauseDo you have an argument to prove the statement is false, or are you just dismissing the criticism that feminism mostly focuses on the problems facing only one gender without addressing it?
People think it means ‘anti-man’.
I need feminism becauseI need feminism because I can't do things that women can. I can't give birth. So what?
I can’t do things that men can.
I need feminism becauseAs you just did with prostitutes above, and I guess feminism didn't help you. Alternatively, it didn't give you the self-esteem to look past mere connotations.
Girls think it’s cool to shame each other.
I need feminism becauseYou have Internet access. You are far more privileged when it comes to access to information than Isaac Newton or Albert Einstein. You have a computer. You are far more privileged than Leonardo da Vinci or Ansel Adams when it comes to art tools. Stop bitching and do something.
The world has higher hopes for my brother.
If Marie Curie spent her time complaining about how the cards are stacked against her, she wouldn't have become an inspiration to millions.
I need feminism becauseBeing female makes you physically weak due to less testosterone. Having menstrual cycles makes you occasionally slightly mentally unstable, or at the very least physically uncomfortable. Being susceptible to pregnancy potentially makes you very weak and unfit for a long period of time. Feminism isn't going to change that.
My femininity makes me ‘weak’.
I need feminism becauseCould this be the first valid point? Depending on where you live, I suppose.
If I act masculine I’m a ‘freak’.
I need feminism becauseWhat you probably need is self esteem. Either that, or your boobs are world-class. Just poking fun.
My boobs are my ‘best quality’.
I need feminism becauseYou didn't mention any ways in which men are discriminated against, so I suspect not.
I believe in equality.
Thank you Gillette
So there I was, putting on my rape shoes, and practicing my sexual harassment pickup lines this morning. I just got done cyberbullying my coworkers. It was time to shave, I yelled at my wife to smile because I demand it, while pinching her butt right after she told me she didn't consent to it. Putting on the shaving cream and thinking about how I can get my son into a fight at the next BBQ, I replaced the worn Gillette brand Mach3 and began to chant "boys will be boys" as I started to shave. Then suddenly my daughter burst into the bathroom holding her phone. As I began to mansplain to her why she isn't smart enough to know my shaving time is
Haiti is a shithole country
OK so Trump called Haiti a shithole country, and apparently it made many people upset. The dictionary definition of shithole, Google says, is "an extremely dirty, shabby, or otherwise unpleasant place."
Anderson spends two minutes here saying how Haitians are tough people. Yes, that's true. Tough people live in shithole countries everywhere around the world. That's totally besides the point. A country is not a "collection of people rich and poor" blah blah. That's the Haitian people. The country is more (or in this case LESS lol) than its citizens. It's a nation with laws occupying a particular geographic location.
So what is this sleight of
And I get lost in the nothingness inside of me
(When this began)
I had nothing to say
And I get lost in the nothingness inside of me
(I was confused)
And I let it all out to find
That I’m not the only person with these things in mind
(Inside of me)
But all that they can see the words revealed
Is the only real thing that I’ve got left to feel
(Nothing to lose)
Just stuck, hollow and alone
And the fault is my own, and the fault is my own
Something in here's not right today.
Why am I so uptight today?
Paranoia's all I got left
I don't know what stressed me first
Or how the pressure was fed
But I know just what it feels like
To have a voice in the back of my head
Meryl Streep is an ableist ...
Watch Streep’s speech first below. I’d like to make two broad points about what she said.
… who disrespects disabled people
Some brief background information first. Serge Kovaleski, whom Donald Trump mocked is a successful high profile journalist who won The Pulitzer Prize. That is to say, he is vastly more successful than 99.99% of people in the world, regardless of their health status. He’s probably a millionaire, and is definitely a member of the elite. I don’t doubt his success and his ability to get things done in life.
Did Trump mock Kovaleski? Yes. However, as per this video - https://youtu.be/5aYFC_7Z
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Everytime I like someone's journals and opinions, I end up feeling disappointed by that person's views on feminism.
I think that you intentionaly misunderstood the text in some parts.
1.
"I need feminism because
People think it means ‘anti-man’."
As the name says, feminism is about women and that's the way it started out, by focusing on ways women felt discriminated and trying to promote more rights for women. Nowadays, that both genders have equal or mostly equal rights in 1st world countries, the feminists claim that the idea of feminism evolved and now it focuses on both genders.
Ideologies evolve, so why couldn't feminism evolve as well?
I think that then it'd only need a new name.
But there are already organizations that promote human rights for everyone, so feminism would become obsolete.
So, feminism either stays feminism or becomes human rights.
The reason it hasn't yet become obsolete is that women feel discriminated one time or another nowadays and some hold on to an organization that was created exactly with the intent of stopping such discrimination.
And you can't deny that discrimination against women still happens (against men too, but that's not the point) and that's why feminism still exists.
Yes, it focuses on women, but correct feminism doesn't discriminate men negatively. It simply doesn't focus on them. It's like expecting that an association that protects victims of domestic violence would focus on, for example, alcoholic people (it's just an example). Just because they don't focus on alcoholic people that doesn't mean they discriminate them, or hate them.
This is all to explain what I think the author meant with "I need feminism because people think it means anti-men". Though, she might have not explained quite clearly.
She said "anti-men" and you commented that she might have been dismissing the criticism that it only focus on one gender. As I explained above, anti-men and focusing only on women are different things.
Yeah, so maybe feminism is sexist, because it focuses only on one gender. But if feminists openly admited that instead of talking about how the idea evolved, becoming human rights rather than feminism, do you think anyone would take them seriously?
2.
"I need feminism because
It’s acceptable to call me a slut."
I think she meant that many people judge women by their sex life more than they do with men, and how she feels that it discriminates women. She is refering to how the term slut is used as a discriminatory insult.
3.
There is a difference between "mentally unstable" and "emotionaly unstable", ya know...
And again, I think that what the author meant "weak" as in the way that femininity is usually portrayed as fragile, unassertive, uncapable and dependable. Not phisicaly weak.
I think that you intentionaly misunderstood the text in some parts.
1.
"I need feminism because
People think it means ‘anti-man’."
As the name says, feminism is about women and that's the way it started out, by focusing on ways women felt discriminated and trying to promote more rights for women. Nowadays, that both genders have equal or mostly equal rights in 1st world countries, the feminists claim that the idea of feminism evolved and now it focuses on both genders.
Ideologies evolve, so why couldn't feminism evolve as well?
I think that then it'd only need a new name.
But there are already organizations that promote human rights for everyone, so feminism would become obsolete.
So, feminism either stays feminism or becomes human rights.
The reason it hasn't yet become obsolete is that women feel discriminated one time or another nowadays and some hold on to an organization that was created exactly with the intent of stopping such discrimination.
And you can't deny that discrimination against women still happens (against men too, but that's not the point) and that's why feminism still exists.
Yes, it focuses on women, but correct feminism doesn't discriminate men negatively. It simply doesn't focus on them. It's like expecting that an association that protects victims of domestic violence would focus on, for example, alcoholic people (it's just an example). Just because they don't focus on alcoholic people that doesn't mean they discriminate them, or hate them.
This is all to explain what I think the author meant with "I need feminism because people think it means anti-men". Though, she might have not explained quite clearly.
She said "anti-men" and you commented that she might have been dismissing the criticism that it only focus on one gender. As I explained above, anti-men and focusing only on women are different things.
Yeah, so maybe feminism is sexist, because it focuses only on one gender. But if feminists openly admited that instead of talking about how the idea evolved, becoming human rights rather than feminism, do you think anyone would take them seriously?
2.
"I need feminism because
It’s acceptable to call me a slut."
I think she meant that many people judge women by their sex life more than they do with men, and how she feels that it discriminates women. She is refering to how the term slut is used as a discriminatory insult.
3.
There is a difference between "mentally unstable" and "emotionaly unstable", ya know...
And again, I think that what the author meant "weak" as in the way that femininity is usually portrayed as fragile, unassertive, uncapable and dependable. Not phisicaly weak.