Gabrielle Garcia/ Staff Writer
Despite my efforts, I simply cannot understand why feminism seems to be recognized as a recent societal phenomenon. Based on personal interactions, it seems to me that many individuals have had a sort of “stunning” revelation – that they are feminists.
Now, I am not perturbed or angered at people who advocate for women’s rights or believe in the power of women. Rather, I am bothered that such ideals seem to be only recently recognized and are often misconstrued.
Perhaps the best way to address this issue is to explain what feminism is. Despite the negativity that feminism faces, feminism is the advocacy of women’s rights on the grounds of political, social and economic equality to men. There have been many waves of feminism and feminism undergoes changes constantly – just as all other movements do. But what remains constant is feminism’s belief in the equality of women when it comes to social, political and economic endeavors.
Quite simply, feminism essentially advocates for gender equality. By no means does feminism suggest matriarchal domination in exchange for patriarchal damnation.
With many members of society so enthralled by the words and thoughts of public figures, it’s easy for people to jump on the bandwagon and blindly assume positions that they may not know much of.
Feminism is not intended to impose binaries on society, foster strict gender stereotypes or instigate hateful rhetoric targeted at males. Nor does feminism suggest that women need to reconceptualize who they are as beings.
The only way to address these ongoing inquiries is through dialogue and education. Feminism should hallmark equality and oust ideals of superiority. Feminism has an honorable past and should flourish from it with utmost significance, presently and into the future.
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Feminists want to create a gynocentric society.
" feminism is the advocacy of women’s rights on the grounds of political, social and economic equality to "
No it isn’t.
If it were, it would already admit that the battle has been won here in the west.Women are not being stopped from becoming successful and productive members of society here in the west. Yet you man and child haters are still whining about inequality.
Feminism is now left to shove an unnatural and morally bankrupt agenda that denies the differences between men and women, seeks to make women dependent on the depraved and narcissistic "right" to kill our own babies out of pure convenience, in orde to accomplish the delusion that we are not different from men.
And with this morally bankrupt delusion comes the filth of attacking womanhood and manhood by obliterating the common sense natural law of what it means to be a man or woman (the trasnfrakensetein agenda) while pushing a bizarre androgynous society agenda.
You depraved freaks have nothing to do with common sense quality or human dignity.You are a bunch of confused man and child haters who are obsessed with developing a world that suits your own selfish and extreme heathenish desires. You are die hard individualists to the core where biological facts and personal responsibility should not apply to you.
This comment is a meme, there’s absolutely no way someone can say this in 2016 without the intent of trolling.
One of the most disturbing aspects of modern society is the inability of others to read what is right in front of them. If the persons making the two comments above actually took time to read the article intelligently, then perhaps they would not make comments in the typical "troll" fashion so endemic to contemporary social media culture. Conversely, if the above persons fee so strongly about the topic, then perhaps they should take the time to write a piece expressing their respective opinions. But I have little respect for those who don’t read what is in front of them, and who want to inject a trolling opinion.
Why bother since feminists are pathological liars who are congenitally stupid to boot.
Bear in mind that this is the same author who, just this month, praised artists for boycotting a whole state due to their gender politics. This is the same author who argued against laws that would simply let shop owners decide what products they wanted to make for others.
To reiterate, she argued that 9.944 million citizens of the United States deserve to be economically harmed due to their differing political views on gender. She argued that if you have different views on gender and marriage than her and don’t want to be forced to violate your deepest beliefs in your own store, you should be open to lawsuits and run out of business. What is that BUT matriarchal domination?
The Supreme Court of the United States legalized gay marriage across all 50 states. Perhaps if you know something about law, you would know that a Supreme Court decision is binding on state law.
Further, any discrimination–even discrimination based on outdated religious principles–is prohibited by several federal rulings and statutes. Religion has no place in our local, state, or federal governments. The founding fathers would agree with this, as evidenced by their thoughts on mixing religion and politics.
Neither the religious liberty laws nor the bathroom bills have anything to do with gay marriage. They only deal with the rights of private individuals to uphold their beliefs and to feel secure. It’s true that the Supreme Court required states to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The same court also declared the importance of religious liberty in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby.
I won’t go into your claim that a country that was explored by missionaries, colonized by Puritans, and remained over 90% Christian into the 1980s was intended to be entirely secular. Reading historical documents is the best way to come to your own conclusion on that one.
The SCOTUS didn’t declare the importance of religious liberty as binding law. It was a dicta in a dissent.
Further, I’m speaking about mixing religion and politics. Religion can be held privately, but in a democratic country with a pluralistic outlook, one religion cannot and should not dominate the discourse.
“Quite simply, feminism essentially advocates for gender equality.
The big lie about the Big Lie.