Is a female victim of abuse...?

Question

...more likely to become a feminist if the abuse is by a man?

Answer 1

More likely to become homosexual, I know three women who became lesbians after being raped continuously over a period of years by a much older man when they were very young.

Answer 2

I get what you're implying. It depends in what stage of the woman's life the abuse happened, and the actual circumstances. She could be abused so bad and so often she actually expects it of men and sees nothing wrong.

Or if the abuse is by a man, and she was an adult who'd never seen it before and suffered it once, she would be very likely to see this doesn't happen to other women. I'd do the same, regardless of which gender abused me.

Isn't that how we all eventually become feminists, equalists or MRA's? We experience sexism and abuse first hand, and then wake up to what we think is the truth.

But it is worth mentioning to some degree that abuse from men is more likely to make a woman a misandrist rather than an equalist. In fact abuse from the opposite s*x is likely to make anyone hate the opposite gender more than care for their own gender. Revenge to them matters more than protection. It takes a very strong and mature mind not to do that. It is also worth mentioning that the most radical feminists were (or claimed to be) abused.

Answer 3

No. I was abused by men and I'm not a feminist.

Answer 4

i get your implication, but no, not necessarily.

for example, let's say her father rapes her when she is a child and continues to abuse her. he tells her she is below him and she begins to feel like she is an object, not a person. who's to say this woman won't grow up and find a man that abuses her as well? how does that make her a feminist. she may even become one of those women we call "traditional" because that is all she knows.

looK at children who live with parents that are physically abusive to each other. many boys learn it is ok to beat their wives and many girls look for an abusive partner and think it's ok because their father beat their mother.

i think you emulate what you were raised with. i was taught to be self-sufficient and that i was as good as anybody. i was never abused.

Answer 5

It depends. If the abuse happened when she was very young, or there was a pattern of it, she is most likely to become a repeat victim because that's all she has ever been taught to expect.

Now...a one-time victim as an adult, particularly if the woman was an independent, self-sufficient person prior to the abuse, is probably more likely to focus her attention toward issues of violence against women, I would imagine.

Answer 6

I didnt.

Answer 7

It seems that if she were a smart woman, she wouldn't project her feelings toward her abuser on all men.  She was abused by an abusive man.....nothing more, nothing less.

Answer 8

depends upon her personality type....

If she is strong willed and just ended up in a bad situation....got herself out of it... yes she is likely to try to find a way to prevent this from happening to others. Feminism being one of the ways she could try to help.

Some women, have the mind set that they are weaker, low self esteem, and they will continue to seek out abusive men again and again.  really rather sad situation.

Answer 9

I don't think so.  Some women become stronger after being in an abusive situation, others are so broken down mentally that they never fully recover and will always feel inferior.  It's really a 50 50 chance I suppose.

Answer 10

I'm surprised to read responses from women who say they are not feminists.  We must have very different definitions of that word.

Answer 11

It depends.  If you mean a girl that grows up hating men, then not necessarily.

If you mean a girl who grows up through abuse yet has that small spark in her that lets her know that despite everything, she can succeed in life and that she is not second-best or inferior because of what happened(particularly emotional abuse) then yes, that can happen.

Answer 12

I don't think so.

There are actually several women who frequent this site who have been victims of rape and claim to be "anti-feminist."

I think political views, the way you were raised,  and personal goals are much better predictors of feminist ideals.