Feminism

Okay guys, let's talk:

First, let me start off by saying that I do NOT hate women, and I DO support equal rights between genders and "a woman's right to choose." I just do not believe that feminism is an accurate representation of this equality it claims to strive for.

Let's look at the facts

First wave feminism was a 19th century movement to promote the political equality of women and to gain the right to vote, right for property, etc. Okay, much needed! You go girls!

Second wave feminism was a 20th century movement to promote equality of women to men in the workplace, such as equal pay. Okay, much needed! You go girls!

HOWEVER, third wave feminism is a much different story. Third wave feminism constantly credits themselves, as feminists, to the work of first and second wave feminists such as Susan B. Anthony. Modern day feminism, in the opinion of many including those who feminism is supposed to be supporting, as a hypocritical organization filled with victim breeders and gender card pullers, which, in my opinion, is extremely similar to other 21st century "progressive movements".

Hi, I am a cis white male, I am anti-feminism and I DO support equality for women to men socially, economically, and politically.

So, if you're a feminist supporter, you're probably wondering why I identify myself to the anti-feminist movement, or that I actually don't know what feminism is or what it stands for, right?

Wrong.

I have had much experience with the feminist movement, and have seen the hypocrisy within it first hand.

Let's take a much more in depth look at the 3 basic categories of the feminist movement, shall we?

Socially- I would be an ignorant, sexist idiot to say that women are socially equal to men. Women are oppressed socially. This includes both of the other 2 categories of what feminism stands for. Women aren't respected enough as people to be respected in politics or in the workplace to have an equal chance to men to get elected or to be guaranteed equal pay, no questions asked, no "wage gap", and no Equal Pay Act necessary. From comments like "you throw like a girl" to just simply not being fully recognized as a powerful forced in the business and education world, women are constantly pushed below men in social terms. If feminism ran to squash these notions just like that, somehow, I'd be a huge feminist supporter. However, feminists all blame men and the all powerful "patriarchy" for these issues. Blaming all men for the problems faced by women and feminists alike have gone as far as proclaiming that they "drink male tears", which is somehow not supposed to be interpreted as oppressive towards men. Men are not he issue. Perpetrators of the "weak, damsel in distress" stereotype forced upon women are the issue. This includes women. In addition, women are not the issue for problem faced by men, which are constantly shut down by feminist groups, famously the "Big Red Feminist" on youtube. The problem with feminists in the social spectrum is that they blame all "cis white males" for their problems, and condemn those proclaim that they're wrong, or challenge them, as though their word is law. I am a cis white male, I am an anti-feminist, and I break this stereotype. I do not provoke these oppressions, in fact, I do my best to put an end to them and show the world just how great and powerful women can be, and in so many cases, are.

Economically- I hate to break it to you ladies, but the wage gap and the "77 cant phenomenon" doesn't exist. In fact, it was outlawed by modern day feminists' predecessors, 2nd wave feminists and by President John F. Kennedy in the Equal Pay Act of 1963. That's right, it's been 52 years since women have been legally required to be paid for their equal work. There's no misinterpretation here. The problem with the wage gap, besides the fact that it's significantly smaller than feminists blow it up to be. Due to their scientifically proven more compassionate maternal nature, women choose jobs in social areas, which are famous for being underpaid, and gender studies, which are simply not worth the time or money in college as there is not enough jobs in this field. Since you can't all be Jessica Valenti and write a book and become twitter famous by "drinking male tears", the odds of being a professional feminist are very slim. This greatly contributes to this wage gap because the career and educational choices made by all women, not just feminists, lead to an overall decrease in average pay by the female gender. In addition to that, women tend to take more time off to spend time with and raise a family. Is that a good enough reason to underpay women? Heck no. But that's why, again, underpaying women for doing the same job as men was made illegal 52 years ago. But this also leads to a dramatic decrease in the average pay for women overall. Why would someone pay the same amount of money to someone who is constantly taking time off or not working consistent hours, regardless of what it's for, as someone who is constantly working and taking normal vacation time off, which does lead to a large increase in productivity and providing a legitimate asset to the company? They wouldn't. (Most) companies want to pay their workers the best way that benefits themselves and their employees, fairly. If you're working less hours, you're less of an asset to someone who isn't. Period. The final issue in the wage gap is that, although unequal pay is illegal, it still happens. The same with anything that's illegal, it still happens. But, when feminists find themselves in a position of unequal pay, they resort to making it into a political statement or drawing on the victim card, instead of spilling the beans, and trying to resolve the problem, or at least trying to find the reasonable excuse as to why they're not getting paid justly. Taking all of these factors into account, the wage gap is greatly reduced to 99 cents. So, yes, to answer your question, I  know that sexism exists, and that unequal pay happens, and I agree it needs to end, but there are certain factors that reduce this way past the point that feminists exaggerate it to, and that there are things that women need to do to reduce this, instead of blaming it on the "patriarchy".

Politically- Here's where my whole theory of "feminism does not equal equality" comes into true light. I do strongly believe, as I stated before, that women need to be taken more seriously in politics. However, I do not agree, as so many feminists do, that women need to hold every major position possible over men. If feminism is supposed to equal equality, then why is female domination so prevalent in the field of government in feminist beliefs? Then we have famous female politicians such as Hillary Clinton or Debbie Wasserman-Schultz who simply want to change everything from abortion to Congress to accommodate women. Women deserve to be recognized in government, but men deserve to keep their equal recognition in politics, instead of feminist government officials being elected simply because their women. The problem I find with left politics is that they want to accommodate the oppressed by seeing things as a scale. With things like sexual and racial oppression, things were so unbalanced for so long, that now all of a sudden they feel like they need to tip the scale in their favor to make up for lost time. I don't think so. How is this true equality? Blaming cis white men for the oppressions of modern day women and African Americans and oppressing them in the process does not make an equal society. And, no I am not saying this simply because I am a "cis white male", and if that is what you believe then you can leave this post right now, because you are not worth trying to reach out to. I am saying this because I believe in true social justice, and I don't think that oppressing and attacking cis white males is how our current society is going to reach it. You can't create an equal society by punishing the "non-oppressed" (which there is no such creature) and tipping the scale against them, you need to create an equal society by making things equal NOW, not in 100 years.

There's so much more to be said about modern day 3rd wave feminism, and how it seriously needs to be improved. However, there is nothing more to be said in this particular post. I encourage discussion, but I dismiss attacks or any allegations of sexism in this post because there is none, and simply because I, along with several members of the female gender, do not agree with feminism, does not make me a misogynist. Thank you for reading this post and I'll see you next time!