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feminism.
How does everybody feel about feminism? as a woman, my opinions may be controversial, but here it goes. I agree with the basic premises of feminism, but I disagree with how it is carried out. I think that sometimes feminists take things too far, in attempting to preserve equal rights for both men and women, they are essentially taking rights away from men to give to women which displeases the original point of feminism. The "woman's movement" started in the late 18th century and gained ground in the 1840s bringing women together in comradery from all walks of life. They attempted and eventually succeeding in such things as women's sufferage and gained ground in getting rid of female persecution in certain aspects whichs is undoubtedly a good thing. Obviously, in some less technologically and socially advanced countries, that is still an issue in that women are forced to hide their physical appearance, made to be accompanied by a man at all times, and sometimes even coerced to succumb to genital mutilation, and this is certainly not a good thing. My point is however, if we are attempting to strive for "equal rights," becoming reverse-sexist is not an option. Down-grading men with such statements as "men are pigs" is just as bad as being male-chauvanist, the only difference is that it is socially acceptable for a women to be sexist against a man, but it is not acceptable for a male to be sexist against a female. So if you want equal rights, that's great, go for it! But make sure it's really equal rights you're going for, and not a hypocritical form of reverse-sexism. What I think people fail to understand is that men and women are different, physically, mentally and emotionally. It makes neither gender better or worse than the other, it's just the proven differences that we have. We can't deny that there is a difference between the sexes, so I believe that we should accept and bask in these differences.
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