Originally posted by socool8520
I'm sure there are some successful businesses run by women. Oprah owns everything doesn't she?
Notice the feminists have an issue with the percentage of female CEO's in this country but...I never see them complaining that most people who work in jobs like being a garbageman are...men. Most in construction are...men. They never get upset about those careers though. Weird.
What is "true feminism" though. There's really two definitions I see:
Definition of feminism
1 : the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes
2 : organized activity on behalf of women's rights and interests
Merriam Webster
The former of the two I agree with, at least to the extent that men and women should be equal under the law and have the same opportunities, I find the idea that there should be an equality of outcome between the two groups absurd though. I don't think the name feminist really conveys this message though, which is why I identify as a legal egalitarian.
The latter of the two is an identitarian collectivist movement that seems to push for equality of outcome and is blind to the fact that men and women have equal rights and for the most part have equal social freedoms, and that laughs in the face of any who suggest there are issues men have that should be addressed. And this type of feminism has become one arm of the intersectional social justice movement, and it's absolute cancer.
It should be addressed that both sexes being equal under the law and that neither of the two genders should serve as a barrier to opportunity is a value most people agree with, HOWEVER, just because a person or movement identifies as feminist which people can link with the value of gender equality should not serve as a shield from criticism, and a lot of the criticisms of the modern feminism movement are extremely valid... which is why they mainly come from people who believe the same point of principle expressed in the first definition.