Do feminists oppose unjust gender bias against men as well as women??

Question

After all, they want "equality" right? It would defeat their "equlaity" agenda if they only focused on making women's lives better.

Oh and for those of you who have a smart @ss answer like "What gender bias agaisnt men?" I mean how men in our legal system are put into a unfair disadvantage when it comes to cases like divorce, custody battles, etc. Almost always the outcome is of the man losing everything and never seeing his child again yet still having to pay child support. Or when men are sexually assaulted (believe it or not it does happen) and they are not taken seriosly by the police or the law. I don't see feminists coming to the rescue there, I thought they were for "equality". Or does that only apply to women?

Answer 1

yes

Answer 2

i do oppose unfair treatment of men. one case that really pissed me off involved a friend of my fathers just a few years ago. he and his wife divorced(because she was a real prize, cheater and a drug addict). yet, she won custody of the children. my fathers friend eventually did get his children back but he had to go through this whole long, expensive process of hiring private investigators and expensive lawyers. not that it wasn't worth it to him to gain custody of his children, it was. it was pretty obvious why he had to go through all that though. it made me sick.

Answer 3

NO THERE 2 SELFISH

Answer 4

Yes, we do.  However, we can't fight for equality for every group, and frankly, I'm a little tired of this question.  It seems like every week, without fail, someone asks, "If feminists are for equality, why don't they support men / blacks / Native Americans / diabetics / coprophages / quadriplegic Tibetan yak farmers?"

It gets a little wearing.

Answer 5

Gender bias in all its forms is unacceptable. But the biases you describe can only be resolved when JUDGES get a clue.

Answer 6

No.Feminists are hypocrites who talk about equality, but actually they care only about women. And, they want special treatment, not equality.

Answer 7

I certainly do. Any feminist who does not is a hypocrite. I'm only one person so I can't make a huge amount of change, but I do what I can with my words and my vote. And I definitely feel that every example you listed is unfair.

Answer 8

i think that true feminists are, or at least should be, for total equality. they shouldn't want one gender to dominate, be it men OR women. i agree that men can be treated unfairly at times, but some men also deny that women are still struggling for equality, which they most definitely are.

Answer 9

you don't actually know any feminists, do you?

feminism gets a bashing from just about everybody but you shouldn't believe what you hear some media spout about it. Yes, of course true feminists support equality..seeing as how we don't have a equlaity agenda yet. (we're working on it) You do realise that our ideal goal is complete gender equality and believe it or not, supporting men's rights such as paternity leave is not so far fetched and can make both sexes lives easier and fair. We live in a world where ANYBODY ANYTIME can be discriminated against, men vs women, women vs men, whites vs blacks, blacks vs whites, americans vs iraqis...you get the drift. feminists are not trying to oppress men to better themselves, the reason they are so vocal about women's sides is because sometimes you need to make a bit of noise to get people to hear your story. Men have it very good in alot of ways and don't need to scream as much. it's humanity's job to sort out injustice...

Answer 10

Feminists dont want equality.  The two have nothing to do with one another.  Feminists want supremacy.  They are misandrists.

Answer 11

Sadly, you bring up a good point when it comes to the legal system thing. When my brother and his girlfriend got into a heated argument one night at their apartment, one of the neighbors called the cops and when they came over she cried abuse even though he didn't actually physically touch her and he was arrested and charged with abuse and domestic violence. He was a guy, she was a woman, someone called the cops, she said she was abused, who are they gonna believe? Exactly. She later admitted to lying about the whole abuse thing but she didn't get in trouble for that and he still had to complete his probation and other punishments they gave him. Figures.

Anyway to answer the question, I think we should give feminism the benefit of the doubt when it comes to unfair gender bias (both genders). I've met many feminists on here who I like and respect and they tell me how they feel about this stuff and most of them agree that many men are out into an unfair disadvantage when it comes to divorce and custody battle. Feminism is an ideology that DOES promote equality and all it ask for is for people, men and women, to be treated as equal human beings. No more, no less. But unfortunately all too often it's hijacked by a radical minority that takes advantage of the ideology and twist it around so it can suite THEIR agenda. Most feminist are not like this.

I've seen some of you're previous posts, and it seems to me you are looking at feminism from a narrow angle. I would kindly suggest that you get to know some of the self-proclaimed feminists on this forum. Most of the ones I've met are really nice decent people but as always the bad apples in the bunch ruin it for everybody.

Answer 12

I'm a feminist and I see gender bias against men as just as much of a problem, because it reinforces gender roles and creates a less egalitarian society. That's the short and simple answer.

Answer 13

You're probably right... but all the same, I'm glad I'm male in our current society.

I've never understood the term "feminism" - there's nothing particularly feminine about them and the name does not imply equality but rather priority.