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.

>>54
It does not prove discrimination is occurring, it just states that discrimination may occur. If someone prefers an underqualified man over a qualified woman discrimination is occurring, that is proof since the chances of a board of 3 people involved in the decision making such a foolish mistake is next to 0. However if you have no proof that this has occurred, there is no proof that discrimination is occurring.

>>56
Correct, >>51 is correct and people should vote libertarian as they tend to be more congruent with people's reality.

I am aware that women have been severely discriminated against by men for 1000s of years, but I prefer egalitarianism to feminism. If the definition of feminism is the same as egalitarianism, then the majority of women who claim to be feminists certainly do not act as though they are feminists.

Libertarians by definition must open themselves up to criticism, thus contradictions such as this are few and far between. Not that it doesn't happen, no human or political opinion is perfect, but at least libertarians do not claim to be perfect.