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A Feminist
My Personal Reasons
For Rejecting The
Womens Rights Movement
By
cishetwhiteoppressor.tumblr.com
Contents
PAGES
1. Introduction
2. The Definition
3. Reality
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Feminist Quotes
Recent Activism
Feminists Fighting For Equality
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3. Priorities
What Is Feminism Fighting For?
Womens Rights/Mens Rights
Mens Issues
4. Conclusion
Additional information
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1. Introduction
As an outspoken non-feminist blogger, I am used to people simply
not being able to wrap their heads around the idea of someone,
especially a woman, not being a feminist. And I can not blame them.
Many hold the belief that feminism means equality, and that not being
a feminist must mean that you hate women and do not want
the genders to be equal. But it really is not that black and white.
I would like to point out that the intention behind this book was not to
shame anyone for being a feminist. Anyone is free to use whichever
label they want and support any movement they want. But this book
is meant to portray, to anyone who is willing to listen, the reasons people
have for not wanting to associate with feminism.
Since I know that people are not feminists or identify as anti-feminists for
various reasons, I am not trying to be the voice of millions of different
people with different ideas and beliefs. These are simply my opinions
and views. They do not represent anti/non-feminists as a whole.
Nevertheless, I tried my best to shed some light on what feminism
currently looks like in the public eye and why it is getting a worse and
worse reputation.
I am hoping that this might inspire some open-minded feminists to stop
seeing anti- and non-feminists as the enemy, and to start working on
fighting their real enemy - the people who gave them a bad reputation in
the first place.
It is not us who are the problem most of us are not turning our backs on
feminism out of vile reasons.
We are simply a symptom of the disease that has infected the
movement. And it is only getting worse.
2. The Definition
Merriam-Webster
: the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities
: organized activity in support of women's rights and interests
Dictionary.com
Oxford Dictionaries
The advocacy of womens rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men.
3. Reality
Most feminists will try to disregard the horrible, sexist and
immoral acts of fellow activists by reciting one of those
definitions or simply claiming that feminism is equality.
Therefore, anyone who does not fight for gender equality, is
not a real feminist. However, feminism is far from being
only a belief, it is a movement. We simply can not deny that.
The most vocal and representative individuals are usually
the ones who shape the public opinion on a social movement.
Because of this, we can easily find the reason for feminisms
bad reputation in the acts and words of famous feminists:
Since marriage constitutes slavery for women,
it is clear that the womens movement must concentrate
on attacking this institution. Freedom for women cannot
be won without the abolition of marriage.
- Sheila Cronin, the leader of the feminist organization NOW
Feminist organization? Lets see how influential they are....
The National Organization for Women Foundation was established in
1986 as a 501(c)(3) education and litigation organization allied with
the National Organization for Women, the largest feminist activist
organization in the United States with its national offices in
Washington, D.C. and hundreds of affiliates across the country.
http://now.org/now-foundation/about-now-foundation/mission-statement/
They sound like they could give us some insight into the
movement. Maybe they can educate us on their goals and
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intentions.
Like many feminists, they also still havent realized that the
77 cents per dollar pay-gap has been debunked over and
over again, and are contributing to the spreading of
misinformation in many ways. One of their main goals for
2014 was a Paycheck Fairness Act, an attempt to replace
the 1963 Equal Pay Act, based on the assumption that the
gender pay difference exists because of discrimination, and
not like everyone else has already realized, because of
different choices.
Not the best start...
http://now.org/about/conference-resolutions/2014-national-now-conference-resolutions/
http://thoughtcatalog.com/jake-fillis/2014/05/23-quotes-from-feminists-that-will-make-you-rethink-feminism/
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Andrea_Dworkin
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/11234620/Dr-Matt-Taylors-shirt-made-me-cry-too-with-rage-at-his-abusers.html
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http://kotaku.com/the-problem-with-the-casual-cruelty-against-women-in-vi-1626659439
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http://studentactivism.net/2011/07/21/preponderance-of-the-evidence/
Swedish Left Party Chapter Wants To Make Urinating While Standing Illegal For Men
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/13/sweden-left-party-toilet-stand_n_1590572.html
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Erin Pizzey had to flee the UK because she and her family received death threats,
because feminists didnt like that she discovered women were equally as violent
as men.
http://www.fathersforlife.org/pizzey/failfamt.htm
Suzanne Steinmetz and her children received death threats and bomb threats she
discovered that the rate at which men were victimized by domestic violence was
similar to the rate for women.
http://www.ifeminists.net/introduction/editorials/2005/0525roberts.html
http://jezebel.com/294383/have-you-ever-beat-up-a-boyfriend-cause-uh-we-have
Feminists fought against laws granting men anonymity until charged with the crime
of rape.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-10760239
Women should not be sent to prison and should instead serve community
sentences - the Women's Justice Taskforce.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13666066
How feminist groups skewed the Obama stimulus plan towards women's jobs.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/016/659dkrod.asp
4. Priorities
Now that we have learned what exactly the third wave of
feminists is fighting for, its time to precify what
fighting for womens rights seems to mean nowadays:
Feminists stand for:
1. Male rape victims being ignored.
2. Men being attacked for sitting with their legs in a V
shape.
3. Men being attacked for wearing shirts with sexy women
on them.
4. The issue of male suicides being ignored.
5. Women not having to go to prison.
6. Attacking people for making statements or conducting
studies that debunk their dogmatic beliefs.
7. Fathers not getting support and recognition.
8. Games with sexy female characters and violence not
being played and produced anymore.
Obviously, this is not what every feminist believes.
And its also obviously not everything feminists have done in
the past few years. There have certainly also been good things.
But this is exactly the impression an outsider will get of the
movement.
Feminism looks like a bunch of lunatics.
Because many are fucking lunatics.
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Men
Women
of suicide victims
in
the
U.S.
79%*
are male.
Females
7,500
Males
60
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Go to
http://listverse.com/2013/06/25/10-examples-of-men39s-issuesthe-media-loves-to-ignore/
http://time.com/2949435/what-i-learned-as-a-woman-at-amens-rights-conference/
http://www.avoiceformen.com/
1 - http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/why-did-workplace-deaths-fall-in-2008/,
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cfoi.nr0.htm
2 - http://nationalhomeless.org/about-homelessness/
3 - http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/why-homeless-men-die-22-years-younger-2297091.html
4 - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-t-pisarra/the-y-factor-gender-bias-_b_838631.html
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5. Conclusion
I am not a feminist,
because the word has become assiciated with misandry, hate, female superiority,
hypocrisy, fear-mongering, misinformation,and complete and utter denial of
mens issues.
I am not a feminist,
because the movement has been doing nothing but attacking and bullying men for
the past few years. Most things feminists fight for do not benefit me or other
women, they do nothing to achieve equality of the genders and are downright
counterproductive.
I am not a feminist,
because womens legal rights have already been achieved. All that is left now is to
make sure that they are preserved and empower women to make their own choices
and live happy lives. Which feminists are simply not doing enough.
I am not a feminist,
because I do not need a movement to represent me and
because I do not want to fix what other feminists have broken.
I am not a feminist,
because I am not a victim and men are not my enemy. They are not privileged
and I am not oppressed. I am aware of the fact that being a woman can be a
privilege in many ways.
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