We’ve all seen it. The women on the internet that go on hating men. Feminists, they call themselves. Some would see them as thundering hormonal messes, but they would rather withhold from voicing it so they don’t get run over by the wrath of this internet personality. So is this what feminism is? Rage hating on men for being the crass humans they can be. Not always.
Is it?
Why does half the world support these, feminists? Is it to gain the upper hand finally after centuries of being put down? :O
Here’s what I know about the topic as a genz feminist who dislikes “feminists” and “feminism”.
Who are “feminists”?
Now by “feminists” I mean women who need to see psychologists before spreading man hatred through internet content. That is, the same content that will be consumed by young tweens and teens, female and male. There’s a difference between making mature content concerning SA and female rights matters and making content that just outright hates a gender on the smallest of inconveniences. One deserves awareness. The other deserves to get talked over during an emotional therapy session; now pick which social media is better for.
I don’t like these stereotypical feminists, but they are what helped me become one myself. Not all men. Well, not all social media feminists either. Youtubers like the Wizard Liz and body positivity youtubers like Bree Lenehan, Spencer Barbosa, and even the lesbian couple Julie and Camilla are what made me think, “hey, maybe the internet isnt wrong.” But that was a few years ago. I feel like these days, the woman empowerment, body positivity, and feminist niche have become overexploited on social media and the result is mediocre to trash content that screams: women>>>>men, when feminism is: women=men. Even if there are bits of gold creators who still understand true feminism, the word has lost meaning overall in so many people’s minds already- where everyone seems to think they already know what feminists want, when truly very few people do know.
What do the real feminists want?
They’re talking jobs, social status, responsibility inside and outside of the house, and their duties to the people they love, their environment, society, and to themselves. Men, women and all genders deserve the equivalent of what the other receives. For a real feminist, it’s not men vs women. It’s humanity vs the toxic parts of the world we are still yet to demolish, outside our bodies and inside our hearts- the things that destroy all of us.
So before you hate on all feminists, consider which kind they are. Women=men or women>>>men. There’s a difference between a fair world, and an equally disturbing one.
Those are my answers to the questions about why people hate feminists, who I believe true feminists really are, and what the difference between them and fake ones is. What are yours?
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Image source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/01/18/womens-march-is-riddled-with-divisions-that-doesnt-mean-feminism-is-crisis/
A chance to find out: https://saragawde.com/what-is-success-to-you/