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What Is Wrong With Feminism? by LordGuru1: 5:10am On May 04, 2017 |
WHAT IS WRONG WITH FEMINISM? ©Shalom Daniel N.B: There is a crucial requisite for a reader of this article to diligently pore-over till the end to be able to decipher the slant of the missive. Feminism,as opposed to patriarchalism or androcentricism, is a political or social crusade arguing that legal and social restrictions on females must be removed in order to bring about equality of both sexes in all aspects of public and private life. In other words it is the promulgation of women's rights on the premise of the equality of the sexes. Feminism,gender egalitarianism, gender equity, gender equanimity,gender equality, gender equalitarianism,sexual equality and affirmative action are all congruous. It is pertinent to note that gender equality is related to human rights. According to an Organization, gender equity is first and foremost human right and one of their(the orgsnization's) millennium project aimed at ending the world's poverty by 2015. This organization went on to say "every single goal is directly related to women's rights,and societies where women are not afforded equal rights as men CAN NEVER achieve development in a substantive manner(this is somehow fallacious {emphasis mine}). The promotion of gender equality is seen as an encouragement to greater economic property of any nation. However,it has been discovered that there are some "insalubrious cultural wonts contrary to women" in many places in Africa. Among these are; *Human trafficking for prostitution abroad, *Conventional mutilation of the girl child which is believed to be done so as to prevent the girl child from being wayward, *In some African cultures women are made to sleep with the corpses of their husbands for at least three days to prove their innocence with regards to the death of their husbands, *Some women are forced to drink the water used to bath the corpses of their husbands, *Some retrogressive educational policies were put in place and implemented to the extent that certain courses are believed to be the preserved/domain of male students in which case females are not supposed to register for such courses,until very recently, *Tax free holiday for the minimum of four children are given to men but women do not enjoy such official policy, *Also until recently, educating the male child while leaving out the female to do domestic chores is a common act, *Widows are expected to wear black cloth for a number of days or months depending on the ethnic or tribe, *Even in some settings teenage girls are betrothed to some "money bags" as well as friends of their fathers, *There is also the denigration of womanhood through insulting comments and utterances like "He behaves like a woman" The question then is " Is it a dis-ease to be a woman?", *Women are always the ones of most of the victims of negative activities like wars and hooliganism, *Women are denied rights of inheritance both in their fathers' and husbands' houses. Honestly,women are also humans and they deserve a modicum of respect,love and dignity! Nevertheless, it is imperative to warn women to be careful on their strangle desire to be men in every ramification. Like a scholar has put, "anyone that is propagating or supporting any move for gender equality(no matter how little,negligible,or insignificant the effort is) is more or less anti-Christ. Furthermore, like Folusho Jason Taiwo has also rightly said, "... feminism has done more damage than heal wounds it was set to heal." Although it may be argued that men and women are equal since both sexes are equal before the law. In other words, the law does not discriminate between the sexes. But does this actually mean both sexes are equal? Do we have equal organs in our bodies? Do we have "all" equal physical and biological features? *For two things to be equal, everything about both must be equal.* Though men and women are equally naturally endowed with intelligence, rationality and ability for critical and positive thinking, yet women seem usually allowed to develop their potentials to the fullest as a result of dependency on men,or because of some suffocating cultural constraints placed on their way. For instance,on the 27th of April 2014 it was reported on BBC that Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta signed into law a bill allowing men to take as many wives as they wish without consulting existing partners. There is no such law for Kenyan women. In conclusion,to save words,it is neither an overstatement nor is it an overemphasis to say that there is much more to put forward with regards to this topic. Being careful to incorporate religion or metaphysics, yet it is evident that every human being somewhat has a religion and is metaphysical because there is a void in man that is metaphysical and only "the unseen" can fill. Even the so called atheist serves a god. He says he believes in "nothing(nihilo)". Oblivious to him, that "nothing" is his own god. *Nothing(nihilo) is actually something.* In coherence,not minding the little digression, every religion venerates the man over the woman(note that this is not to advocate masculinism). If every human being has a religion,and every woman is a human being, then every woman has a religion. If every religion venerates the man over the woman,and every woman has a religion,then... However, the agitators and advocates of feminism are to be remembered of "Gender Roles" . Any argument against this might be an exercise in futility. Sociologically, the male have specific and distinctive roles to play in the society,so also does the female. Both roles are incommensurable. Comical enough, some women are even doing "Transgender"!!! Even if a man decides to turn to a robot,animal, or anything his essence still remains_he is still a man,just as a man that is mad is still called a "mad man". So also a woman who did transgender_she is still a woman,she is a "man-WOMAN". In fact transgender is a good ground to prove that advocations for gender equality is a waste of time,because it shows that there are things that the man can do that the woman can never do,the "transgendee"(my word) therefore thinks that the best thing to do is to transform into a man(such must be one of those fictional super heros{trasformers,superman...}). Whether feminism advocates accept it or not, the fact that we have equal rights does not mean that we are equal. Every individual is distinct,separate and concrete. It is a fact that women are given preferential treatment in every well organized society,both in their individual houses and in public places. This development does not mean that women should bust their hump to be at the helm of affairs all the time. Things must not be mixed up,there must be clear cut roads. {Even though it is said "All men are born equal" but (apparently) are all men equal? Are all men actually born equal? This is a topic for another time.} www.DaddyTechz.com
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Re: What Is Wrong With Feminism? by eezeribe(m): 5:12am On May 04, 2017 |
Nothing |
Re: What Is Wrong With Feminism? by anothergirl(f): 6:21am On May 04, 2017 |
What do you mean by being born equal? Having the same qualities/abilities of another? I would say no. I think the problem is we want to say everyone is born equal because it sounds politically correct but the reality is no we are not. We are all different and unique and instead of pretending we are "equals" we should welcome our diversity. Of course, the issue is that some people will then want to discriminate against others. So, there should be laws in place to prevent discrimination and programs to implement the idea that every person should have basic human rights regardless of race or gender or condition. Regarding feminism, i think the idea is great. That women should be able to live with the same rights as men. BUT I think in a lot of cases that has warped into the idea that women are the same as men. NO they are different and gender roles are important and require balancing. To tip the scale too much toward feminism can be just as detrimental to a society as one with only special privileges for men. 1 Like |
Re: What Is Wrong With Feminism? by babyfaceafrica: 7:08am On May 04, 2017 |
OP..you get time o.....we all know feminism is a tool by women to gain more power and turn men to slaves..will never happen!!!; |
Re: What Is Wrong With Feminism? by Nobody: 10:19am On May 04, 2017 |
Even the so called atheist serves a god. He says he believes in "nothing(nihilo)". Oblivious to him, that "nothing" is his own god. *Nothing(nihilo) is actually something.*What sort of shambolic logic is this ![]() "Nothing is own god" is like saying off is a TV channel ![]() ![]() |
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