Feminism

According to the dictionary, feminism is:  "the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes"

For 'economic equality', would you not require a Socialistic government that then redistributes income? Why should we have 'economic equality' among men and women? Men and women should make equal pay for an equal amount of work.  They should not make equal amounts of pay regardless of whether or not they work.

I think it is interesting to note that Friedan herself (the mother of feminism, essentially) was a staunch Marxist. 

http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/friedan-per-horowitz.html

http://www.ifeminists.net/introduction/editorials/2003/1125roberts.html

http://www.wpunj.edu/~newpol/issue35/boucher35.htm

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=1096

http://www.rense.com/general21/bettyfriedan.htm

What of 'social equality'? How will you achieve this 'social equality'? Are you going to ram this agenda down everyone's throat through government force, and social control?

According to webster online, the definition of fascism is:  "a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition"

Of particularly important note is the section that reads "economic and social regimentation".  Keeping in mind that feminism demands both economic, and social equality of the sexes, this begs the question:  'how will you attain this 'social and economic equality'?  Through use of the government. 

Political equality is something women in the USA already have.    So what is the purpose behind the feminist movement?

In light of these considerations, I am not a 'feminist.'  I am in favor of equal rights under the law for all people, regardless of sex.  Is this 'feminism'? No.  Not feminism by definition, anyway.

Feminism also sucks because it attempts to bring "equality" to the United States - but we already have it.  Feminists see "men" making more money on average than "women" - note the quotes - since these are generalizations.  Thus the women percieve there to be an imbalance, and show statistics showing that women make less money to some degree on average than men, yet fail to see that the incomes are blown far out of proportion by the fact that so many of the worlds richest people are men, thus slanting the scales in their favor.  They they push for further "equality" which naturally comes at the expense of men who are already payed more or less fairly.

Not to mention all the dumb feminists who vote for female candidates for office just because they are female - avoiding the fact that they are then just as anti-men as the anti-women crowd who would vote against said female candidate solely on the grounds that she is female.

Here is where you all say "but not all feminists are like that, lol".  This is true, but the thing is is that the vast majority of feminists are.  This would be like me saying "liberals have no regard for the 2nd amendment".  Obviously, there is some degree of truth in this - though it is a generalization.  Likewise, the same concept applies to feminists and feminism.  While there are some good ones, unfortunately "feminists" are generally bitches like I mention above, and this leads me as well as many others I know to resent them as a group.