The Fake Sides of Feminism

[Anonymous]

This take focuses on feminism and how it's applied and understood by WOMEN, not MEN. It is about the way SOME women advertise themselves as feminists, wearing pussy hats and protesting, but in real life they are assholes to other women.

1. Feminists don't hit on men in relationships.

Regardless of the man's reaction, if you're a women's advocate, you are not supposed to meddle in another woman's relationship. This is an inconsiderate, ugly behaviour people resort to when they are facing serious self esteem issues (since a taken person seems like more of a challenge). But this is no behaviour for a feminist! There is no way in hell one can respect a certain gender, fight for its representatives' rights and then stab them in the back. The guy in question doesn't even have to respond in order for that other woman to feel uncomfortable. Just don't do it.

2. Fake feminists hate pretty women (or those whom they perceive as being prettier than themselves).

Careful: Not women who dress sexy! So this is not a slut shaming issue here. It's the pretty women. Beautiful women. Naturally good looking women that don't even need to dress sexy in order to attract attention. Somehow, those women seem to be the targets of so-called feminists more often than not. And compassion is very rarely given to this kind of women. After all, they're naturally beautiful and can get whatever they want, right?

Why call yourself a feminist then? Why not just make it clearer and define yourself as an envious woman who uses feminism as an excuse to validate herself and bully the women she's jealous of?

These behaviours hurt not only those women themselves, but feminism as a whole. I haven't worn a pussy hat in my entire life, but I have never hurt a woman I thought prettier than me or meddled in another woman's relationship. So before you scream your lungs out for feminism, check yourself. The world has too many pink hats and too little kindness.

[natured]

Some people are just scared of the word Feminism itself, because a lot of these Feminist movements tend to exaggerate, I agree with your MyTake, i did one of those too and there was a WAR upon the commenters lol :P

I think women should protect themselves, they can speak up for themselves, but without harming others, they should not call ME who loves to cook for my MAN an idiot and a weak woman, just because i love cooking for my man...

<3 have a wonderful day, I enjoyed reading this

[Anonymous]

Really?

Is there actually any feminist who isn't considered a "fake feminist" but other feminists? Think about it.

That's the problem with feminism today. There is zero consensus about what feminism is really "fighting for" and who is a "real feminist" or a "fake feminist".

Feminism has devolved into one giant joke that is just making women in general look ridiculous.

[Opinion Owner]

*buy other feminists

[NatashaJ]

There many groups that spin off in their own directions and deal with issues that important to them. Reproductive justice, hip hop feminism, ecological feminism etc are just a few that take feminism and use it for issues important to them. Even women in Kenya that are creating women villages for women to escape abusive relationships and escape female genital mutilation because to them respect for their bodies and respect in their relationships are important to them.

[Opinion Owner]

@NatashaJ With the exception of the women in Kenya, this is what happens when feminism runs out of valid goals and a bunch of insecure women desperate to keep the movement alive come up with silly nonsense that ultimately just makes feminism look like a joke and undermines respect for women in general.

[NatashaJ]

so you need rape on campus is not a big issue or the fact that victims get shame to the point where they don't feel like reporting it?

[Opinion Owner]

@NatashaJ It is not NEARLY the issue feminists have tried to make it out to be, and the feminist nonsense about so called "rape culture" has only made matters worse for women, not better.

www.girlsaskguys.com/.../a36301-how-feminism-made-rape-trivial

[Opinion Owner]

@NatashaJ Regarding victim shaming, it is part of the same issue as false rape allegations and the denial by feminists of the extent of that problem, along with feminists insistence on not encouraging women to take any responsibility for their own safety. As long as that absurdity continues and is even encouraged by feminists, there will continue to be cynicism and contempt among most people about the issue of rape on campus and elsewhere. As soon as we can successfully control the extent of feminist poison of the rape debate, attitudes will begin to change for the better and the problem will improve.

[NatashaJ]

victim shaming happen with people who are not part of the movement way more lol I don't know what your trying to say.

[TruthfullySpeaking]

I think anybody who tries to separate feminism from fake feminism is a hypocrite. Because most of what is feminism today consist of what you call fake feminism. How can a group have such a huge devide. It's a joke. Anybody who wants to be part of such a joke is fool. If you really want equality, you'll call yourself an egalitarian. However some women are manipulative hypocrites and that's not what they want. Women have more rights than men, yet feminist who claim to be fighting for equality are more worried about things like free the nipple. Common!

[lord_chilled]

its a good thing you can call out the bs. if more feminists, admitted mistakes and pointed out errors among themselves, id actually take it seriously.