Toutebelle
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I'm pretty supportive of feminism, but only forms that advocate equality between men and women. I will NEVER buy into "feminazis". To me, there's a difference between a feminist and a feminazi. A feminist is someone who wants women to be equal to men. A feminazi is someone who thinks men are inferior, who sees sexism in everything (think of the ones who took out their rage on bras by burning them), and who might even insist on saying "womyn" instead of "woman". Feminazis do not represent the feminist movement.
Overall, the US is pretty fair towards women. Our women are among the most well-educated in the world. And we have plenty of female politicians. Plus we have lots of services for abused women.
I do think we still need feminism, but this time we should try helping women in countries where there are threats to equality, like countries under the threat of Islamism. I mean, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt could render Egyptian women helpless if they don't get removed. Honor killings also need to be stopped. A lot of Muslims, both in their own countries and in Western countries, really want to solve these problems. Plenty of them hate Saudi Arabia's cruel treatment of women. I mean, the women there cannot drive - not even if there are men present in the car. Really, Saudi Arabia is the current biggest enemy of feminism. And considering how much influence they have over the Muslim world, it convinces Muslims in other countries to be sexist.
The next biggest enemy of feminism is China. I admit, I love Chinese culture and a lot of the related things, but they really need to get over their rampant misogyny. I know that Chinese people tend to be fiercely proud of their traditions even in this day and age, but that doesn't excuse the gender imbalance, and the fact that so many Chinese baby girls are abandoned while there are too many boys. The boys will be affected too - they might be fighting for spouses eventually.
At least some Third World countries have gotten better. Latin America has improved quite a bit in the past 50 years - we've had several women presidents in Latin America while the US still hasn't had one. Though they do have problems to work on. India has also made quite a bit of progress since independence, though it's sad to hear that a lot of parents there still think having girls is bad. The government is trying to address this - in one area they have helped girls whose parents named them Nakusha, or "unwanted" in Sanskrit, choose new names (I was appalled that there could be sexism in naming your daughter). Africa isn't doing too good, though at least African women are speaking out against female genital mutilation (their biggest obstacle IMO).
Even some of the more conservative European countries need feminism. Women in Italy are not well-represented in government (well, it is much better than in most Middle Eastern countries, but still a far cry from the US, the UK, Germany, and Scandinavia), and some men still have that stay-in-the-kitchen attitude towards women. Eastern Europe is even worse, what with violence against women not being reported.
Plus a lot of these countries have serious issues with prostitution. Women and even girls feel that they have no choice but to be prostitutes because they're so poor. We should try to help them too, so hopefully they can give up prostitution in favor of a healthier lifestyle.
Overall, the US is pretty fair towards women. Our women are among the most well-educated in the world. And we have plenty of female politicians. Plus we have lots of services for abused women.
I do think we still need feminism, but this time we should try helping women in countries where there are threats to equality, like countries under the threat of Islamism. I mean, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt could render Egyptian women helpless if they don't get removed. Honor killings also need to be stopped. A lot of Muslims, both in their own countries and in Western countries, really want to solve these problems. Plenty of them hate Saudi Arabia's cruel treatment of women. I mean, the women there cannot drive - not even if there are men present in the car. Really, Saudi Arabia is the current biggest enemy of feminism. And considering how much influence they have over the Muslim world, it convinces Muslims in other countries to be sexist.
The next biggest enemy of feminism is China. I admit, I love Chinese culture and a lot of the related things, but they really need to get over their rampant misogyny. I know that Chinese people tend to be fiercely proud of their traditions even in this day and age, but that doesn't excuse the gender imbalance, and the fact that so many Chinese baby girls are abandoned while there are too many boys. The boys will be affected too - they might be fighting for spouses eventually.
At least some Third World countries have gotten better. Latin America has improved quite a bit in the past 50 years - we've had several women presidents in Latin America while the US still hasn't had one. Though they do have problems to work on. India has also made quite a bit of progress since independence, though it's sad to hear that a lot of parents there still think having girls is bad. The government is trying to address this - in one area they have helped girls whose parents named them Nakusha, or "unwanted" in Sanskrit, choose new names (I was appalled that there could be sexism in naming your daughter). Africa isn't doing too good, though at least African women are speaking out against female genital mutilation (their biggest obstacle IMO).
Even some of the more conservative European countries need feminism. Women in Italy are not well-represented in government (well, it is much better than in most Middle Eastern countries, but still a far cry from the US, the UK, Germany, and Scandinavia), and some men still have that stay-in-the-kitchen attitude towards women. Eastern Europe is even worse, what with violence against women not being reported.
Plus a lot of these countries have serious issues with prostitution. Women and even girls feel that they have no choice but to be prostitutes because they're so poor. We should try to help them too, so hopefully they can give up prostitution in favor of a healthier lifestyle.
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