In your words, what does feminism mean? ?

Question

I'm not looking for a dictionary definition or for someone to just Google it. I am doing an assignment that asks me to asks a few people what they think the word means. So basically, when you hear someone talk about feminism, what does that word mean to you?

Answer 1

A politically correct way to express hatred of men.

Answer 2

For a lot of it, i would say "misguidance".

Answer 3

Womens rights.

Answer 4

It is the belief that women are equal to men, and should be treated as such.

It also refers to social movements founded on this principle.

The term is often used to refer only to the socially-left-wing portion of the movement, but this is a misuse.

Answer 5

Well, personally, i am a feminist, but this doesn't mean that i hate men or i want women to rule men.

It means that i believe that women and men should always be treated as equal. In family matters, in society, in the work field...

In our society things are very very improved for women comparing to the past. However,in some cases women are not considered as equal to men, even subconsciously.

What's more think of all the countries that the word feminism, the phrase "equal rights for men and women" are completely unknown...

Think of how many women have been stoned in some countries for adultery...

Answer 6

I am going to plagerize this answer for awhile, because I mostly agree with it:

Simply put, Feminism has come to mean discrimination against men, instead of its original intent. How can a word mean equality for everyone when it is a word in the female tense?

Feminism is mothers rights, but no fathers rights. The new family unit is now defined as a mother and her children.

Its women being treat like princesses in prison and men being treat like animals. Female prison guards humiliate and degrade men, but female prisoners get privacy and respect from male prison guards. Women were at the forefront of the Abu Ghraib scandal thanks to feminism.

Its bodily choice for women, but forced genital mutilation for baby boys, referring to womens rights to their bodies in terms of abortion, but boys being circumcised without choice.

Its female reporters allowed in men’s locker rooms, but privacy and respect for female athletes. Very strange definition of equality that feminsim was very vocal about as being equal rights - but only for women.

Its generating a mythical pay gap so women will be able to earn more than men some day through misguided legislation. Women simply dont choose high risk, labor intensive and therefore often higher paying jobs, as men. Please refer to resources.

Its women getting everything in a divorce, and men being torn away from their children

Its Female s*x offenders being slapped on the wrist, but male s*x offenders being incarcerated the rest of their lives

Its men being sentenced to more time for the same crime than women. This can be reserached under the US government and is a very disturbing statistical fact - unless your a feminist.

Its a feminized education system that cripples natural behavior of boys, then girls claiming they are smarter.

Its women being allowed to drown five children and using the fact she is a woman to get away with it - Andrea Yates

Its women being allowed to use domestic violence as an excuse to murder a sleeping husband, even though there is no evidence of domestic abuse - Mary Winkler

Its men being jailed for defending themselves against an abusive wife, but called a wimp if he takes the abuse

Its women demanding respect from men, but never having to respect them in return

Its women having the choice between abortion, adoption, dropping an unwanted baby off at a hospital, raising the child with a father, or raising the child without a father, but the only choice men have is to agree

Its women labeling men as abusive when the US government has shown women cause more child abuse than men.

Its female rape being horrendous, but male rape being funny and made in to comedy movies

It’s more health care spending going towards women’s health even though men live an average of 5 years less. Breast cancer receives 7 times the funding of prostate cancer.

Its allowing women only clubs and banning men only clubs

It’s doing everything we can to help girls in math and science, but letting boys fall further behind in everything else.

It’s defining equal pay for equal work as men playing five sets of tennis, but women only playing three. Maybe women claiming 3=5 is the reason for the above point

Its cutting men’s sports in college in favor of women’s sports that have no interest

Its female murderers being mentally ill, but male murderers just being evil

Its claiming men walk out on their family when its actually women who file 80% of divorces

Its men being portrayed as evil, stupid or buffoons on TV and all women being perfect or superior

Its women wanting equality for their gender, but men being called chauvinist pigs when they want equality for their gender

Its fixing the education system when girls are failing, and blaming the boys when boys are failing

Its women being allowed to level false accusation against an innocent man without consequence. Read Duke Lacrosse and many other examples. Feminism has installed this right to women through the courts.

Its women claiming they are the ones oppressed, whilst ignoring all the above and more.

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Answer 7

Synonomous with lesbianism-my honest opinion!!

Answer 8

Female chauvinism.  

Answer 9

The radical notion that women are people.

To quote Rebecca West, I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is:  I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

Answer 10

Not to be held back because of my gender.  That's what feminism means to me. It's not a hatred of the opposite s*x nor is it playing the victim card. It's a opening of doors and not pigeonholing a person for their gender - whether man or woman.

Answer 11

It's the idea that women are human beings, and not some lesser, inferior species, or things to be treated as property.

It also means getting rid of the inaccurate idea that all men are thus-and-so, and all women are such-and-such. PEOPLE vary. There is no characteristic (except the reproductive organs and systems) universal to one s*x and absent in the other.

Feminismis just a part of the broader notion of human rights for ALL humans.

Answer 12

When I think of feminism, I think of gynocentricism.

Women's rights is a crock of sh*t and shows the gynocentricism of feminism. Women's rights, with the exception of abortion, are human rights. Women do deserve human rights, but refer to them as what they are and not in a gynocentric manner.

Abortion is murder by following the biological fact that life begins when cells are dividing. Euphemisms like Pro-choice are need to clam the feelings of guilt.

Answer 13

Feminism is theology of division, classic "us vs. them" mentality.

Created and used as a divide and distract tactic by government to increase the power of the state.  Gloria Steinem worked for the CIA.

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