Why I Prefer The Word “Feminist” Over “Equalist”

[Anonymous]

Feminism gets one hell of a bad rap, and as far as I'm concerned it's the other f-word. Declaring that you're a feminist in social spaces can have mixed reactions, ranging from pleasant surprise to withdrawal. Sometimes, when I say that I'm a feminist, people act as though I'm about to take off my bra, douse it in kerosene, light it on fire and throw it into a busy intersection—only after I spit on a man, that is. Sorry to disappoint, but I forgot my matches tonight, let's reschedule?

Equality Is Not Enough!!! We Need Equity

The terms equity and equality are sometimes used interchangeably, which can lead to confusion because while these concepts are related, there are also important distinctions between them.What equality does, is create an environment with equal opportunity for all to succeed. At the surface, that really seemed fair but, it’s not, because we don’t have the same access to these resources and even though we have the same resources at our disposal, individual differences wouldn’t allow us function at the same level. Like the third child, the resources might be useless. Equality ignores our individual uniqueness and assumes that we are homogeneous.

Equality posits that we have the same background, biological composition, traits, etc.Equity is what bridges the differences and creates an opportunity for all to succeed while paying attention to individual uniqueness. There is a need to go beyond equality if the gap of marginalisation will be closed.

Acknowledging Your Privilege Isn’t Enough

Most of the time, I have a structural advantage because I am white, straight, cis-gendered, wealthy, educated, able-bodied, American, and English-speaking.Being born into a financially stable family can help guarantee your health, happiness, safety, education, intelligence, and future opportunities.By being born able bodied, you probably don’t have to plan your life around handicap access, braille, or other special needs.In some situations, I am at a structural disadvantage because I am female.

How exactly does one push back against privilege once it has been acknowledged?

Good question!!! By being a feminist and a social justice warrior. Being an equalist isn't enough.

[Anonymous]

This myTake is a list of claims without supporting evidence. If you have written supporting evidence, then you may receive more credibility, but as it is, I just don't buy your claims.

First of all, women in developed countries already outnumber men in higher education, and in the future, in higher-paying jobs. This is actually a problem for women, because women typically want to marry men of the same social stature or higher.

Second of all, women in developed countries are not paid less than men, on average. That is a myth. You have to account for the jobs that women take in comparison to men and lifestyle choices (like being a stay-at-home mom). Oh, and by the way, women don't suffer the social stigma of being a homemaker/stay-at-home parent as men do, because that is a traditional role for women.

For this reason, I believe that feminists, if they want to survive, they must adapt to the Modern World, because their ideas of society is so twentieth century.

[QuestionMan]

1. Equalist is not a thing. That's a thing from Legend of Korra.
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2. Feminism - equal rights for men and women.
You want to be one, go to Saudi Arabia. There women are oppressed and a real patriarchy exists there.

3. You shouldn't feel guilty for being well off.

4. Being a woman has far more advantages than you think.

5. Don't like your privileges, give all your stuff to the homeless. That will do far more good then anything you're planning.

[Transigence]

"What equality does, is create an environment with equal opportunity for all to succeed."

One sentence later...

"At the surface, that really seemed fair but, it’s not, because we don’t have the same access to these resources..."

Doublespeak much?

Feminists push for equal outcome even as they claim they are only pushing for equal opportunity. Women already have equal opportunity. They CHOOSE not to pursue equal outcomes because they are the privileged sex and they don't have to do the work, and would rather not. But feminists point to this and say, "Discrimination." Bollocks.

"Equality ignores our individual uniqueness and assumes that we are homogeneous."

No, equality (as in, of opportunity) doesn't require you to be the same and ALLOWS FOR DIFFERENT OUTCOMES.

FEMINISTS are the ones that ignore individuality and assumes that any difference in outcome is due to discrimination.

Equality of opportunity does NOT posit that we have all the same background, etc. It's FEMINISM that does that. Equality of OUTCOME assumes that everyone has the same background, and equality of OUTCOME is what feminists push for (until it's achieved, then they go for dominance).

"In some situations, I am at a structural disadvantage because I am female."
There are almost no "structural" (feminist-speak) disadvantages to being female. Almost none at all. But the benefits of being female are so large you are practically a completely separate and higher caste in society. You are preferred to get out of a burning building first, have more money thrown at you from every angle, benefit from public money at disgusting proportions compared to men, still enjoy the benefit of complete control over the dating and reproduction scene, favored for hiring due to AA, given special status in criminal courts (major benefits at every stage of the criminal court process that is 6 times bigger than the race gap between whites and blacks).

Feminism never was about equality. It didn't suddenly go bad at the third wave. It was bad from the start. If you don't believe me, go read old feminist literature from the 19th century.

[Spiorad_Aisce]

Very thoughtful take - If I understand you correctly is that you are making a stand as a Feminist on a Equity principle. That is a very fair point but why I support the "Equalist" is that I believe all the activists are basically campaigning for the same thing a basic equal standing for all that can be raised up once we get everyone to that level. That said it doesn't mean I disagree with the feminist stance it is just I am an Equalist first. I feel by creating splinter action groups that somehow end up in conflict with one another usually through extremist action by its own members (It happens in all groups). It becomes an us or them juncture and the ultimate aim of a better life for all is lost in the internal conflict of the movement which has split into various different factions. .
Lets take feminists and MRAs, instead of investigating who is right and who is wrong, go with the premise that both are right and investigate a solution that benefits all rather than crumbles into endless back and forth about who is the more sinned against while the real sinner "Society" sits back and laughs at the activists wasting their energy on each other instead of the real problem.

[9mfeo]

I feel like the name itself is just window dressing. I'm more results oriented myself, so if we're all working towards the same thing under different umbrellas, I don't see why the brand of umbrella matters.

[Valkyrie1]

But then the MRAs wouldn't be able to blame feminists for everything.

[Jager66]

Feminism and MRA's wan't totally opposite things. Feminists want special treatment for women while MRA's want equal treatment under the law regardless of gender. Take domestic violence laws for example, years ago we had gender neutral DV laws passed, the result was that the number of women being arrested sky rocketed because DV is not a gender issue and women abusers had been getting a free pass. This was contrary to Feminist theory so they lobbied and protested and got the laws changed to be gender specific, in women's favor. DV arrests of women dropped and DV arrests of men went back up, Feminist mission accomplished. MRA's want gender neutral laws, Feminists don't, we can't have both.

This is just 1 example but it's like this on nearly every issue, so it's no wonder Feminists and MRA's butt heads a lot.

[Valkyrie1]

@Jager66 That is not want feminists want. Not equality feminists anyway just the pissed off radicals. Gender neutral laws make sense however MRA's are the complete opposite from my experience. I have seen way too many insulting posts to ever believe they want true equality. Not to mention the Alpha male and Beta male “evo psych” theory they keep spouting. Not only is it belittling to men it disregards science. As a biology major it makes me want to pull my hair out. That is not how evolution works!

[Jager66]

@Valkyrie1 The Alpha Beta stuff is primarily the pick up artist community. The MRA community doesn't ever talk about it in my experience and if they do most think it's pretty stupid. Being rude and upset has nothing to do with being right or wrong, if they are right, and they are about a lot of stuff, then being angry and even rude is perfectly acceptable in the face of those who would deny them their human rights. MRA's have been fighting for like a 100 years, it wasn't until they got angry that people started to listen.

Would you blame the victim of racism for being angry at those who would deny them their human rights? Probably not, so why do you have a problem when it's not race but sex that is the discriminatory factor?

If the "No True Scott's man fallacy Feminists" sided with men's issues when it mattered and protested the radical Feminists instead of just being useful idiots people would stop being so harsh on Feminism. As it is Feminism deserves all the scorn it gets.

[Valkyrie1]

@Jager66 Except many of the PUA community considers themselves part of the MRA. I have gotten into arguments with MRA members about this theory. The MRA community appear to agree with misogynists because they are so angry and than misogynist claim to be and have ties with the MRA community. It is just as multifaceted as Feminism and it sound like you are blaming Feminism which really is not helping your case. There are Feminist that openly oppose radically Feminism like Christina Hoff Sommers. The fact of the matter is when a bunch of people are yelling at once only loudest ugliest voices get heard. I know idiots will never stop blaming Feminism it is a too convenient scapegoat just as idiots will continue to blame all their problems on the 'Patriarchy'. Sigh.

[Valkyrie1]

I have found plenty of bullshit social science on The Red Pill as well.

[Jager66]

@Valkyrie1 There is plenty of debate among the RedPill community, but that's a good thing. When someone does something stupid there is always someone else to call them on their shit, Feminism rarely does this and when it does the Feminists who do get attacked and silenced. I'm glad you brought up Christina Hoff Summers because she talks about this allot!! She even wrote a book about it. If her brand of Feminism was the Feminism that mattered, the Feminism that holds the reins of power, then Feminism would be a good thing but it's not.

Feminism has ALLOT!! to answer for. I don't think it's salvageable, it would be like the KKK trying to rebrand them selves as good, no one would buy that shit.

Why do people fight so hard to defend the label of Feminism? Why associate your self with so many hate mongers? just let it go and side with anyone who wants to make positive change. Side with free speech and skepticism in the face of these issues regardless of it being Feminist ideology.

[Valkyrie1]

therationalmale.com/.../
This was in their "Theory Reading" section. I can't. This makes me so sad...

[Jager66]

@Valkyrie1 Yeah it's sad alright, super shitty that people are internalizing this stuff, especially huge amounts of vulnerable men seeking answers to the bullshit they see every day. It's the pendulum swinging back, like it always does. Feminism spewed that kind of hatred onto men and society for decades so it shouldn't come as a surprise that there would be a backlash. The longer Feminism continues to ignore their issues, refuses to accept accountability for it's own mistakes and continues to silence, sensor and shame anyone who demands they be accountable the worse it's going to get.

[Valkyrie1]

@Jager66 Again with blaming Feminism. You ignore all the good it has done all the important issues it addresses. Such as Women's right to birth control which is constantly under attack. Before feminism women were not even allowed to learn how their own bodies work. If feminism back off 13 year old girls will still be denied access abortion clinics like that poor rape victim in Texas. Religious extremist will steamroll straight through women's reproductive health. Then there is the education of girls in foreign countries which is being denied to them due to their periods or just the fact they are female. How about you spend less time blaming Feminism and more time blaming the men and even women who are using these poor men in order to gain a profit. Who benefits from low male self-esteem? The PUAs and men like Rollo Tomassi.

[Jager66]

@Valkyrie1 I'm not ignoring the good it has done, I'm refuse to ignore the bad it's done. Hell even the Nazi's did some good things, doesn't mean we need to keep it around. Feminism is ran by the radicals, the radical form of Feminism is taught in university, it's pushed by the media, it's in our laws, it IS the system. I'm saying the useful idiots need to stop supporting Feminism. It's time for things to change and that may well require Feminism to be tossed into the trash so that something better can take it's place. Your pushing a false dichotomy, it's not Feminism or Religious radicalism, we have other options.

Feminist adherents behave more like religious fanatics then they do human rights advocates. They refuse to allow Feminism to be subject to criticism but unless allow it Feminism will become the very thing they claim to fight against, a radical hate movement and there are some very strong arguments that this has already happened.

[Valkyrie1]

@Jager66 Excuse me but in no way does Feminism anything like the KKK or the Nazi's and I must say as a Jewish women I take offense to those comparisons. The reason why I still consider myself a feminists is because I still believe that women should have equality. I still believe in the definition of feminism.
Members of the KKK whose numbers are increasing by the day are mostly Christians. Young Earth Creationist who bully scientists who are most definitely. Does that make all Christians ignorant racists?
The Nazi's were German does that make all Germans Anti-Semantic?
Are all members of the MRA community misogynists because there are those who agree with GamerGate? Who harass women for daring to have a voice in an industry they contribute to? That disregard anything related to women's rights as Feminist bullshit? Because misogynistic driven criminals like Elliot Rodger have used The Red Pill?

[Valkyrie1]

@Jager66 Does the new Black Panther Party for Self-Defense's encouragement whites make all civil rights activists racists?

[Valkyrie1]

@Jager66 Sorry correction: Does the new Black Panther Party for Self-Defense's encouragement of violence against whites make all civil rights activists racists?

[Jager66]

@Valkyrie1 I don't know what that is and would have to look into it and then look into the criticisms and counter arguments of it and then look for any other relevant info before I could make a decision about that. Which I really don't feel like doing at the moment so I can't answer your question, also you haven't answered any of my questions so I don't see why I should answer anyway.

[Valkyrie1]

@Jager66 Yes I did you asked why I still believe in feminism in my last comment and I answered that in my statement about the legitimate issues it addresses. Now there are feminist who fight radical feminist I see it all the time maybe you just do not see them as feminists because they are not radicals. Fenisnism has become shorthand for misandry.
Overgeneralizing feminism does more harm them good. It creates an Us vs. Them mentality which forces non-radicals who fight for legitimate issues to side with radicals in order to counter the development that spawns from that overgenerlization. Which is that any true issues that are affecting women's rights is "feminist bullshit". The Them becomes misogyny. It becomes a vicious cycle. So in other words I think generalizations about feminism simply creates more antagonism.

[Jager66]

@Valkyrie1 I am not over generalizing Feminism though, it isn't what ever someone wants it to be, it's not a dictionary definition either. It has specific theories that come from text books and is taught in university. That is the only kind of Feminism that matters and the one which I am against.

"Them mentality which forces non-radicals who fight for legitimate issues to side with radicals in order to counter the development that spawns from that overgenerlization."

This is what I'm talking about, this is EXACTLY what useful idiots are used for. Feminism is toxic, one of those toxic things is how it uses good people to push it's bullshit. By doing this your saying with your actions that the label Feminism is more important to you then fighting for human rights, in fact it may be that you end up fighting against human rights by defending the label. By making that choice it makes you the very thing you oppose, no one makes you make that choice, it was your decision.

[Valkyrie1]

@Jager66 WOW. You ARE generalizing feminism. Plus you claim I don't care about equal rights. Bullshit to the max! So you don't think women should have equal rights because that was what all the feminist movements were about. All the feminists I know care more about human rights than you EVER you.

[Jager66]

@Valkyrie1 "WOW. You ARE generalizing feminism. Plus you claim I don't care about equal rights. Bullshit to the max! "

I think you totally misunderstood what I was saying.

"So you don't think women should have equal rights because that was what all the feminist movements were about. All the feminists I know care more about human rights than you EVER you."

Uh what? This is just random. I know the goal of Feminism was equal rights. The problem is their ideology is based on wrong information, most of their theories, facts and statistics are total bullshit. So when they implement their solutions to bring about equality what they end up doing is causing as much harm as they prevent. The solution to this is for Feminism to not be a belief system like a religion but instead to be subject to harsh criticism like a science would be but instead of doing this Feminism works to silence criticism at every opportunity.

[Valkyrie1]

@Jager66 Are editing your comments? I keep getting multiple notifications for some reason.
What ideologies? I have yet to see anything legit. You claim "The problem is their ideology is based on wrong information, most of their theories, facts and statistics are total bullshit. So when they implement their solutions to bring about equality what they end up doing is causing as much harm as they prevent." That sounds more like the articles I read on The Red Pill in their "Theory Reading" section. So naturally all organizations dealing with gender equality have got to go. You know feminism is about equal rights yet you believe all the evidence is bullshit. Now I think you may be regarding certain statistical information but that implies women have never been oppressed. Hmm so getting the right to vote and sexual education cause more harm then good. Margaret Sanger must be rolling around in her grave right now... Yeah I'm done with this I'm this. I'm the only one using actual evidence.

[Jager66]

@Valkyrie1 Lol I am getting multiple notices as well, not sure why, I'm not editing my comments and I'm pretty sure you can;t edit them anyway.

"What ideologies? I have yet to see anything legit. You claim "The problem is their ideology is based on wrong information, most of their theories, facts and statistics are total bullshit."

Unfortunately this isn't a conversation that can be had by typing a few paragraphs at a time. It is a huge amount of information and you will no doubt argue and debate the entire way through it, which is fine but it will only make things require 10 time more space to type. If you genuinely want to know why people are against Feminism the best way to do that is to research it for your self outside the Feminist bubble.

[Jager66]

@Valkyrie1 Part 2
"That sounds more like the articles I read on The Red Pill in their "Theory Reading" section."

EXACTLY!!! thank you, I think you might be starting to get it. Imagine if those "Red Pill" theories were used to form laws and government policy, were taught in University and were parroted by the news, movies, TV, commercials and politicians every single day. Would some good come of it? Yes of course but the harm it would cause would be as bad as any good it accomplished. That is what Feminism has been doing for decades.

" So naturally all organizations dealing with gender equality have got to go."

Nope, false dichotomy. What I'm saying is that we need open debate, with harsh rebuttals on all sides of an issue to get to the truth. We need to teach ABOUT gender issues in schools not indoctrinate into Feminism and censor any opposing view points or arguments like we do now.

[Jager66]

@Valkyrie1 "Now I think you may be regarding certain statistical information but that implies women have never been oppressed."

Feminism regularly uses bad statisitics or manipulates them to push an agenda.

"Hmm so getting the right to vote and sexual education cause more harm then good. Margaret Sanger must be rolling around in her grave right now... Yeah I'm done with this I'm this. I'm the only one using actual evidence."

No those things are good, it's how they get to the conclusion that is the problem. For example men got the right to vote because they agreed to go to war and defend the country, before that Kings and Queens ruled the world and no one got a vote. Feminist bombed government buildings and demanded the right to vote without the accompanying responsibility to go to war. Till this day Feminists haven't bothered to fight to get women into the draft or to end the draft, they are happy letting men die by the millions for their right to vote. For example.

[Jager66]

Part 4
K so my last reply was 3 parts and that was as small as I could possibly make it, it really needed a great deal more space than that, this conversation is rapidly progressing beyond the scope of this web site.

If you really are what you claim to be then why not go and learn about the counter arguments to Feminism, they are scathing! Speaking as a once vocal Feminist I can tell you it was shocking to learn the degree to which I had been lied to. You will likely ignore this but I hope you don't, there is a big bright world out side of the Feminist bubble waiting for you.

[Kylesar]

Feminism is about equity, and equity is about giving everyone the tools they need to succeed?
Ok, so let's look at the specific issues feminists target:

Death of lesbians on TV
Taco Bell sauce packs
Air Conditioning
The word bossy
The dead horse wage gap
The paranoia inspired "rape culture"
Emojis
Paid Menstrual leave (AKA money for nothing)
Paid Me-ternity leave (Maternity leave without kids)
"Emotional labour" (Money for existing basically)
The existence of Father's day
The existence of Men's day

Let's move on to SJWs and BLM while we're at it
White people working
White people living
White people breathing
White people talking
White people being born

https://youtu.be/RC-Cqkq6zWc

Our soldiers fighting for our country
MLK's speech
The American flag
Gender-void demi-queers

Sorry, but I ain't buying any of this shit

Equality says we can all run a race
Equity says we all finish at the exact same time

Equality is we all getting a job
Equity is us all getting the SAME job

Equality is pay by hours worked
Equity is paying those who aren't working the same amount
Equity is pay ONLY by hours worked

Equality is winner's trophies
Equity is participation trophies

Equality is equal opportunity
Equity is equal outcome

We're all equal, the law just dictates that women are more equal

[Anonymous]

Fuck equity. If you are given total equality and you can not reach equity on your own merits with that equality, you don't deserve it.

What is more, the only way to gain equity is to enslave women and force them to do something they do not want.
Not enough women in STEM education or jobs? Well fuck those women, fuck their hopes, fuck their dreams. They MUST not take STEM education, and MUST accept a STEM job. After all, the only way you can fill STEM with enough women to say there is equity is by making sure there are enough women in STEM, so women who choose other subjects are choosing wrong, and should have their right to self determination stolen from them, because some cunt who took women's studies, over STEM, is insisting that, by not taking STEM, these women are damaging women as a whole, and women as a whole is more important than any woman as an individual.
Unless, of course, you're a cunt who took women's studies over STEM. That's just fine. Math is hard anyways.

Fuck you and fuck your social justice bullshit. It hurts society, women, minorities, and everyone, more than almost anything else. Certainly more than legal equality, which the rest of us support.

[9mfeo]

I agree with you. It's about equity, not equality.

Equality is when you ask everyone to take off their shoes, put them in a pile, mix them all up, and randomly assign two shoes to everyone. Everyone will have two shoes, but they won't necessarily fit or fit properly. Equity is when you get your individual needs met according to your situation. So if you have a bad back, you get a pair of orthotics with your shoes.

[tupperware]

So what you're saying is, "To each according to his need"? Interesting.

[Leaflar]

No, your "equality" example is called idiocy. Of course, if there is a free market, everyone just trades back to their original shoes anyway. Or just buys their own shoes in the first place.

Equity is when the moron who loses his shoes every day gets 1000x the number of shoes everyone else gets.

[tupperware]

"Equality is not enough." Well thank you for finally admitting it.

"we don't have the same access to these resources and even though we have the same resources at our disposal..." Which is it? And what resources are you talking about? Scholarships just for women? Government programs just for women? Laws that give special protections and privileges just to women? Hate to burst your bubble, but that ship has sailed.

"individual differences wouldn't allow us to function at the same level." Uh... yeah. That's pretty much how the world works. I'm good at packaging and want to do it, you're good at shipping and want to do it. So I package and you ship. You're saying you're oppressed because you're not as good at packaging?

"I have a structural advantage..." What structures? Be specific.

What specifically are you proposing, other than adopting a label, the definition of which you people trot out all the time as if it were an argument, and you just got done contradicting?

[Outofthegrey]

Equal isn't enough huh. Poor you in a first world country who has the time and ability to complain on the internet without being killed by your own government. Ill be sure to remember that its the spoiled middleclass of the first world who endure true hardship.

[Anonymous]

"Feminism gets one hell of a bad rap" and for good reasons, the text book definition mean nothing when all the prominent feminists are misandrist and have misandrist political ideas, fights for inequality before the law and are enemies of free speech.

In theory socialism is good, but unlike democratic socialism, it always ends up in oppressive systems of governments, violations of essential human rights and limitations in freedom and always without free speech.

Equality by law is good, equity is unrealistic and unfair and I will even say ends in evil polices and discriminatory laws.

You can have equality or equity, but you can't have both. I am for equality and against equity. Equity being equal results, while equality means equal rights.

[CoolSky01]

Iam here to say one thing, this is dumb thats first and one more thing... You are asking men to give you what you think deserve , but wait... if you dont have what it takes to take from men what they have made then why should we give you anything?

What you're asking is unreasoable, iam not willing to give what i got to girls just cause they were born girls, if you didn't make it happen, can't make it happen but you want just cause it looks cool , well maybe you're not meant to have it.

[Anonymous]

Feminism isn't the same as Equalism. Equalism is fighting for men and women's rights to be equal and for double standards to be gone EVERYWHERE. Feminism is first world womens rights and to get rid of double standards against women. I say first world ONLY because, when you hear feminists complaining, its about themselves for stupid stuff that they already have but they want more. What DOES need to happen is for feminism (old feminism not modern) to go to the NON first world countries and help the women there. Any feminist will say stuff about 3rd world countries and have they need help but will never have a rally or something for them, just for "problems" in the US or first world European countries. Not to mention very little if any feminists are actually trying to do anything for the 3rd world countries. If you are a feminist who is ACTUALLY trying to help 3rd world country women like in Iraq and Afghanistan, then you are an awesome person.

[farscryer0]

Neat.

Fuck "social justice warriors." Literally, slack-tivism by another name.

And fuck feminism. Y'all losers can't even agree on a single ideology yet your bullshit has pretty much ruined a generation of men and women from being able to date one another with consent forms. This website is proof.

Tits or GTFO.

[FakeName123]

"Equality Is Not Enough!!! We Need Equity"

Equity... just call it what it is already. Communism. You wanna know how well communism worked?

Communism?
Korean: no
Vietnamese: no
Chinese: no
Cuban: no
German: no
Romanian: no
Ukrainian: no
Grenadian: no
Hungarian: fuck you
Russian: eh…
You: It could work.

You got my laughs. This is why any decently smart person doesn't take feminists serious anymore.

[Jayded1]

Feminism is counter to Equity though. Anytime you try to bridge a gap with equity for women Feminists will cheer. If you try to bridge a gap for men all hell will break loose. Equity can never exist as long as Feminism believe men has some super advantage well beyond what actually exists. The reason Feminism has developed a bad name is the small, but very loud percentage that just plain hate men, pure Misandry.

[Riggers]

''I am at a structural disadvantage because I am female.''

No you're fucking not...

[Anonymous]

"How exactly does one push back against privilege once it has been acknowledged?[..] By being a feminist and a social justice warrior."
1. Become feminist
2?
3. Profit
So in case the joke went over your head you talk like calling yourself a certain name magically solved everything. It doesn't...

[TheAngryBanana]

step two is scream opression, objectification and rape buddy :)

[Opinion Owner]

@TheAngryBanana You ruined my joke.

[TheAngryBanana]

geez im sorry larry :(

[ColinHarvey]

"Most of the time, I have a structural advantage because I am white, straight, cis-gendered, wealthy, educated, able-bodied, American, and English-speaking. Being born into a financially stable family can help guarantee your health, happiness, safety, education, intelligence, and future opportunities."

Most feminists are in the same boat as you adding the characteristic of male "feminists" trying to get laid^^

That's why I call them, "White Knights," much more fitting than, "equalist."

[Byakuyarko]

You basically admitted to living a life without the grinding that most folks around the world have to do to get by. Check your privilege and move on, sister. I still think the worst of feminism.

[randomhobo]

So what part of any of that can't be applied to equalists? How does being a feminist fit into this?

[Sabretooth]

it don't.

[aliceinwonderland69]

Will definetely reflect on difference between equity and equality. Honestly not given it any consideration. Definetely interested in reading more on this subject. I like the terms Humanist or Complementarian.

[UncagedAgent]

Equity? Equity is an economic principle about the difference between the value and liability of an item.