torabu:

amn051511:

This guy’s a tool.

I’d say more like spot on. Standing up for true equality means standing up for the equality of all people, not just what affects you personally. Anything else isn’t fighting for equality at all, but rather just trying to give yourself a good deal. I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad thing, but pro-women is fundamentally different from pro-equality, and is something many feminists need to be called out on when they claim to be the latter but are actually the former.

He rubs a lot of feminists the wrong way because a lot of feminists have these hypocritical tendencies (and some actually are straight-up sexist against men). I’m generalizing with that statement, and he generalizes quite a bit as well, but the core concept is there.

Perhaps the one thing I’d question is his stance on the existence of patriarchy in the modern day. While he’s generally right that it doesn’t really exist in the first world (which he seems to be addressing North American culture in his statements), I don’t think anyone can argue against the fact that patriarchy still largely exists in some third world countries.

Feminists don’t stand up for what affects them personally… what? Feminism is not about “ME, MYSELF, AND I!” so there’s no “personally” in it. Some men are feminists. Does that mean they’re ashamed of their own sex and don’t stand up for it? No, it just means that they support the movement that in order to achieve equality within the sexes (which is the goal of feminism) there has to be a focal point. That point of focus is the problems of women because whether or not you choose to believe a patriarchy exists or not, women still (not just in the third world) face sociological inequalities. Yes men have problems too but feminism isn’t about ignoring those problems as I said, it’s about achieving equality.

What is this bitching in videos going to do about stuff? Will it solve the problems that women all over the world have to experience every single day? No and feminism is actually doing something to stop that. Are you going to start a club about how women are actually privileged… what will that ever accomplish? So are gays selfish because they fight for equality, respect and rights of themselves? They are an oppressed minority group and have every right. While women may have different problems, they still have the right to stand up to feel respected and equal.

Patriarchy hasn’t disappeared 100% even in North America, lolwat? Men are considered the bread winners… women aren’t. Men still hold a lot of power in our society, men still make a lot of decisions that affect women. Abortion?