Women have been relegated to the background for centuries.
Women have been deprived of fundamental human rights for centuries.
Women have been abused for centuries.
Women have been shut down for centuries.
In the 19th century, women started speaking out. They conquered rights. Amidst derision, mockery and constant criticism, they made the feminist movement an international ideology.
This is the 21st century and women are still fighting for rights. We are still trying to find the voices that we lost. We are still trying to speak for those women are still too afraid to do so. We are determined to make sure patriarchy is de-institutionalised.
However, in this modern society, every time a woman stands up to speak about a problem she is facing, a man will also stand up and say "Men too". Why?
Men were comfortable with patriarchy. Men never realised how harmful patriarchy was to the male sex until women started speaking up. Without feminism, I doubt any man would have decided to fight for women's right or even question the idea of masculinity as taught by patriarchy.
So why are men now trying to overshadow women in their own struggle and especially, why do they demand that feminism also becomes the voice of men?
Feminism is a socio-political movement created by women for women. These women can decide to discuss issues that affect men as well, but they are not under any obligation to do so.
Men could comfortably start their own movement to fight against toxic masculinity, instead they want to take over the feminist movement and equiparate their struggles with that of women. They even insist that feminism should be scrapped and replaced with humanism.
How fucked up is that?
Feminists already have to deal with men, who despite calling themselves feminists, want to tell women how to go about their fight and what issues women should focus on.
Now we also have to deal with men who want to invade every feminist thread to talk about how men are "whatever" too.
This is nothing but male privilege at work.
Men must leave feminism alone. Feminism is for women.
Men can unite to create their own movement but we won't allow them to take over something that speaks of the tragedy of being born as a woman into this world.
Even the movement Meninism, which should be a movement that fights for the "rights" of men is nothing but a gathering of men who can't deal with fact that men are losing too many privileges. It is nothing but a coven of feminist hating cry babies who would live perfectly fine in a pre-feministic world.
Most of these men crying "Men too" wouldn't have any problems living in a pre-feministic world either; and that's because they are not pushed by the desire to make the world better for everybody. Rather they are just irritated by how loud women are becoming with their voices. It makes them so uncomfortable that they come up with these pathetic attempts to derail the attention from women and give it to themselves - as if men are not getting enough attention already.
Between some male feminists who are champions of mansplaining and these "men too" whiners, I really do not know who is worse.
Women started feminism and women will also finish it.
If any man wants to join the fight, they are more than welcome.
But these two categories of assholes will never, ever, be welcomed among us. I personally will never welcome them.
They are the true enemies of feminism and they are the ones we should look out for.
It is FEMINIsm and it will always be about the female human before anybody else.
Women have been deprived of fundamental human rights for centuries.
Women have been abused for centuries.
Women have been shut down for centuries.
In the 19th century, women started speaking out. They conquered rights. Amidst derision, mockery and constant criticism, they made the feminist movement an international ideology.
This is the 21st century and women are still fighting for rights. We are still trying to find the voices that we lost. We are still trying to speak for those women are still too afraid to do so. We are determined to make sure patriarchy is de-institutionalised.
However, in this modern society, every time a woman stands up to speak about a problem she is facing, a man will also stand up and say "Men too". Why?
Men were comfortable with patriarchy. Men never realised how harmful patriarchy was to the male sex until women started speaking up. Without feminism, I doubt any man would have decided to fight for women's right or even question the idea of masculinity as taught by patriarchy.
So why are men now trying to overshadow women in their own struggle and especially, why do they demand that feminism also becomes the voice of men?
Feminism is a socio-political movement created by women for women. These women can decide to discuss issues that affect men as well, but they are not under any obligation to do so.
Men could comfortably start their own movement to fight against toxic masculinity, instead they want to take over the feminist movement and equiparate their struggles with that of women. They even insist that feminism should be scrapped and replaced with humanism.
How fucked up is that?
Feminists already have to deal with men, who despite calling themselves feminists, want to tell women how to go about their fight and what issues women should focus on.
Now we also have to deal with men who want to invade every feminist thread to talk about how men are "whatever" too.
This is nothing but male privilege at work.
Men must leave feminism alone. Feminism is for women.
Men can unite to create their own movement but we won't allow them to take over something that speaks of the tragedy of being born as a woman into this world.
Even the movement Meninism, which should be a movement that fights for the "rights" of men is nothing but a gathering of men who can't deal with fact that men are losing too many privileges. It is nothing but a coven of feminist hating cry babies who would live perfectly fine in a pre-feministic world.
Most of these men crying "Men too" wouldn't have any problems living in a pre-feministic world either; and that's because they are not pushed by the desire to make the world better for everybody. Rather they are just irritated by how loud women are becoming with their voices. It makes them so uncomfortable that they come up with these pathetic attempts to derail the attention from women and give it to themselves - as if men are not getting enough attention already.
Between some male feminists who are champions of mansplaining and these "men too" whiners, I really do not know who is worse.
Women started feminism and women will also finish it.
If any man wants to join the fight, they are more than welcome.
But these two categories of assholes will never, ever, be welcomed among us. I personally will never welcome them.
They are the true enemies of feminism and they are the ones we should look out for.
It is FEMINIsm and it will always be about the female human before anybody else.
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