Do young women even know what radical feminism is or even care?

Question

I don't know what it is. Does it have any meaning in day to day life?

Answer 1

People with more education are more likely to be interested.

And yes, because education blows your mind.  It opens doors you never even knew existed.  Getting a university degree is a profoundly life-changing event, bigger than marriage.  Way bigger.

I hear a lot from the "I'm Not A Feminist But" feminists on this board and I pity them.  I need to think back to a time when I was their age and remember I too was less confident, less assertive.  It is true that young girls are more likely to be intimidated by being denounced as a 'radical feminist' than mature women who remember what life used to be like "before feminism". There is evidence that the more educated the woman is the more likely she is to self-identify as feminist.  All this stuff is all verifiable, and young women should care.  They should care so they can identify how they are being systematically undermined.

Answer 2

when it was born chivalry died . women thought that they are equal in every way and in many ways they are but with a price a  fine example is expecting same equal treatment in today's world but expecting a favoritism in the court system that in itself is hypocritical of the radical feminist .  they have kids from sperm banks without a man in the childs life it sends the wrong kind of message and if its a boy that they give birth to theres no man to teach the boy how to be a man only a man can understand he was a boy once and if its a girl she winds up being just as screwed up as the mother if not worse. does this describes radical feminisom for you ?

Answer 3

Yeah, I took an upper division class on the history of feminism while I was in college. Learned quite a lot. Don't like it.

Answer 4

watch "Itty Bitty Titty Committee" at watch-movies.net

I watched it a few days ago, and its brilliant.

Answer 5

many know. surpassing men in every walk of life appears to be aim. radical feminism implies that men are actually inferior in talent and less efficient. if women are given full scope for development, men will be far behind.  however, women can perform better just by getting same opportunities as men, there is nothing wrong.

Answer 6

It's quite obvious that most people in this forum have no comprehension of what radical feminism is (that goes for "regular" feminists and antis alike). And this is in a section that contains people supposedly knowledgeable about gender issues, so I really doubt that average members of the population know what it is either.

Answer 7

No. No. Yes.

Cheers :-)

Answer 8

I believe everyone should be equal in everything that they do. At my house my boyfriend and I both work, we both pay the bills, we both clean and cook. I have nothing to complain about because I am equal.

I just wish it could be that good for everyone.

Answer 9

Tress - I've put some info up on my last question - it's from a neutral, reliable source.

My own opinion is that it is far too concerned with the choices of other people, and I don't like its essentialist reductionism.  It does have relevance, lots of ideas commonly portrayed as 'feminist' are often radical feminist, just because it gained such notoriety :-)

Answer 10

You know how you just zone out with boredom when they start using the term "terrorist" too much on the news? It's like yeah yeah terrorism this terrorism that, everyone who is against "what we believe in" is a terrorist. It just becomes an overused meaningless term after a while. It's just something that people on the news say to make you automatically  think "awww, that must be bad" and not think at all for yourself about what someone is doing and why. Just like the term "radical feminist". It's just an irrelevant put-down.

Every opportunity and freedom that you enjoy as a female under your precious democracy is thanks to feminism. There is nothing radical about it anymore. It was radical 100 and 50 and 30 years ago. But not now. Basic feminism is just part of your everyday life whether you realise it or not. (e.g. you're allowed to get a job, choose who you marry and when to have a baby)

But for some reason people always feel a need to point a finger at someone to blame the problems of the world on... and women are always going to be an easy target. Call them radicals - that'll make sure they're not taken seriously!  

That's why feminism is always necessary and you and your friends should learn about it. Feminism is not radical. It's just part and parcel of human rights and democracy. And those ideals aren't going out of fashion, are they?