| json_metadata | "{"app":"musing/1.1","appTags":["Question"],"appCategory":"Question","appTitle":"Is feminism being mis-interpreted\"?","appBody":"<p>Yes I definitely think it's being misinterpreted, especially by women, but not exclusively by them. I mean the very first feminists where the ones that protested the lack of opportunities that women were given as opposed to the multitude that were available to men and all they asked for was equal treatment and equal opportunities. That's the basis of feminism, whatever it's become today is somewhat alien to what it was supposed to be.</p><p>Equal rights, equal treatment and equal opportunities for women...that's what feminism is about, but these days it's become something else entirely. It baffles me how the fight to be treated equally has become a power tussle between men and women. Women aren't looking for equal treatment anymore, they're now becoming self entitled and some are even claiming superiority to men. </p><p>Take Jean Valerie Solanas, one of the mothers of radical feminism who believed that men are nothing but the scum of the earth and that women don't need us for anything but being sperm donors; it's all written in her book \"The Scum manifesto\". Women like this are the reason why feminism is being misinterpreted amongst women because now women aren't looking for equality, their looking for how to dominate.</p><p>Alot of guys also misinterpret what feminism is all about and they just feel it's women's way of trying to disrespect them or worse. I have a friend who doesn't even know what feminism is, but if he hears that you're a feminist, he just takes it that you're a girl who lacks proper training because as a traditional African man, telling him that a woman's place is anywhere but the kitchen is a fallacy.</p><p>Alot of people just use feminism to propagate their own agenda and this in turn has created a completely new identity for what feminism is, because now it's the calling card of every woman who feels that she's underappreciated at home and feels her husband should do more in the house. While I agree that raising kids and managing a household is a two way thing, if you aren't working or bringing in an income, why should your husband help you with the cleaning?</p><p>Not to digress from the question, I believe that feminism has grossly been misinterpreted and what we know as feminism today is quite far from what it originally was.</p><p>I hope this helps.</p>","appDepth":2,"appParentPermlink":"fk2exj7yw","appParentAuthor":"bamike","musingAppId":"aU2p3C3a8N","musingAppVersion":"1.1","musingPostType":"answer"}" |
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