[quote]atypical1 wrote:
After mulling on this for a while I thought of a few things:
- I’m surprised at the number of people who aren’t living in America who are critical of our society.[/quote]
You shouldn’t. American feminism’s reach extends beyond US borders.
[quote]atypical1 wrote:
2. The terms feminism and feminist are being tossed around fast and loose. There is a spectrum that ranges frome women like my wife who simply want to be as equal as men to women who want to spell “woman” “womyn”. Even these two groups don’t necessarily agree on everything. [/quote]
“Equality” has actually lead to many societal woes including diminishing professional standards. They’ve actually lowered the physical requirement of firefighters, policemen and military just to promote “equality.” There are several other instances but that’s the example fresh in my mind.
Even if the above weren’t happening, your wife is still providing cover fire for radical feminists as she’s using the exact same label for herself.
[quote]atypical1 wrote:
3. Giving women equality has dramatically increased my personal quality of life because it means that my wife can get a good paying job. This takes the pressure off of me to be the sole bread winner. This equates to more flexibility in my schedule which directly coincides to me spending more time with my son. The true winner in this case is my 4 year old so you can say that feminists actually increased his quality of life too.[/quote]
What about outside of your direct personal life?
How many children now are latchkey kids, become obese from being fed McDonalds from tired working parents, are born into single parent households?
Also how many kids ya got? Only 1? If so that still isn’t cutting it.
[quote]atypical1 wrote:
4. Single parents are higher among black and Latina woman. Since these groups are traditionally less “feminist” I’m not sure how anyone can link feminists to single parents. [/quote]
Feminists created the conditions in which single motherhood blossoms. It isn’t necessarily just feminist women.
[quote]atypical1 wrote:
I think it has more to do with things like culture and incarceration rates than it does with women wanting equal rights. Instead of trying to get rid of feminism we should be asking why these men are not stepping up to fatherhood or why they are being incarcerated at rates higher than in white communities. But that’s a different thread.[/quote]
Why are men under any obligation to “step up” at all?
The law stipulates a man has no legal right to tell a woman whether she should carry a pregnancy to term or terminate it.
Your body your choice?
Well then your body YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, additionally.
[quote]atypical1 wrote:
- We’ve definitely lost focus of what the original question was…lol.
james
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Finally we agree!