Is radical feminism destroying motherhood?

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I don't understand for the life of me, I don't freaking understand,,,

how telling women their greatest super power and blessing in life which is creating and carrying a child is less important then becoming a paralegal or a waitress for minimum wage?

Working 21,000 hours checking footnotes or serving coffee is more important than raising the next generation of people in the world?

hellionthesagereborn · Accepted Answer

"Is radical feminism destroying motherhood?" . . . obviously. I mean that is their stated goal. They said that women where treated as "baby making machines", which implies that making babies is some how the equivalent of brain dead factory work or something that is of low value. They then demanded women focus on career instead of their children (which has made literally every one worse off for it, , from the children, the husbands, society all the way to the women themselves (who have consistently been getting less happy.).

The only people who have benefited from this is the filthy rich who own the companies (and who's wives generally are stay at home (do what the rich do not what they tell you to do)) and the pharmucitical companies that have been making a killing off of women's ever growing consumption of anti depressants.

Raising children is the most important job in the world, not just because it ensures the survival or the society and species as a whole, but because at bare minimum that child will impact the lives of literally every one they interact with so if you screw that up it will be catastrophic and if you did well it will be of the greatest benefit to society.

CasuallySamsonite · Accepted Answer

if you think a woman can't do anything, everything and more... you haven't met the right kind of women. My mother worked 40+ hours per week, literally built the house I grew up in by herself, raised me as a single mother and proactively volunteered on behalf of battered women in crisis and worked despiritly to fight the policy changes that removed funding for mental health care in our community. We never broke the poverty line but we never went without and even managed to travel to amazing and different parts of the world and experiance things none of my peers ever came close to experiancing.

As a young man, my mother was the one who taught me how to do my own laundry, to cook, to clean. She also taught me to change a tire, to wire and plumb a house and balance a checkbook on the head of a dime while folding a penny three ways.

I can only hope that one day I will have the chance to raise a daughter half as well as my mother raised me. She never once sacrificed her carreer, her ambition or her responsibility to being a parent.

RedFever · Accepted Answer

It depends. On how you define the terms, that is. How radical is "radical"? Many people, when they hear the word "feminism" tend to think of blue-haired, obese, loud, angry and obnoxious pests who are constantly demanding attention, but in many parts of the world (ex. the Islamic world and India) basic rights and dignity for women are in seriously short supply.
So... I don't know. Maybe. In the West I suppose, to some extent. Then again, many women (and men) just don't want children, and who can blame them?

natured · Accepted Answer

Everything that is RADICAL destroys things...
Radical feminism is giving a bad name to actual Feminism, now I can't even go around saying i'm feminist without getting attacked, because of this radical BS that is going on...
So yes, to me it is bad, not only because you are a radical feminist but because you are a F**d up human being with no heart whatsoever...
BE A GOOD HUMAN it's easy

abc3643 · Answer

It's not that it's less important.

It's that 40+ years of GOP bullshit have made the economy into something in which the vast majority of families now need two incomes to survive. When I was a kid, lots of women stayed home and were full-time mothers. It wasn't femininism that put them in the work place; it was economic survival.

Welcome to the world of vast income inequality that 40 years of tax cuts, deregulation, anti-unionism, and outsourcing/off-shoring policies have created.

At least, Trump's America first attitudes were good (*). Too bad he didn't actually believe it - no GOP businessman does - but he used that mantra instead to garner votes from the people getting fucked over in Red State America.

(*) That's why I considered voting for him in 2016 until I realized he was nuts..

cth96190 · Answer

Yes it is and that was why Feminism was created by Communists.
In his Communist Manifesto (Marx, 1854), Karl Marx stated that the family had to be destroyed, because it was the foundation of both Capitalism and Western Civilisation.
When that is understood, the true goal and motivation of Feminism becomes clear and can be seen to be in alignment with the thoughts of Marx.

ForgottenFuRyan · Answer

Guys, traditional women benefit from feminist laws and don't lobby for change. Don't be her golden parachute.
Only white men don't receive Affirmative Action in universities and the workplace and only white men must register for Selective Service or become felons, be fined and lose voting rights, violating the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment to the U. S. Constitution.
Furthermore, marriage, cohabitation, sex and childbirth rates are at all time lows and women file 80% of divorces, get custody and alimony in 90% of cases and can falsely accuse a man decades later without consequence.

tatianamay · Answer

Excess of anything is bad, but a woman can both raise a kid and earn for a living. My mum is a surgeon and she raised me. Also, i feel like you’re implying that only women should raise the kid. If so, then why do you need a father? A child needs both a father and a mother to teach what’s wrong and what’s right. It’s the job of BOTH the parents, not only mothers. I’m a feminist, but I want both- raise kids and become a doctor. If my mum can do it wonderfully, then I can do it excellently.

marc94 · Answer

When feminism was about equality before the law, it was not destroying anything besides the evil moral system of altruism: it was building individual empowerment. The problem is that contemporary feminism is about favoring a group (women) over other groups; that is corporatism, which is the practical implementation of collectivism.

Is a woman who chooses to do whatever she wants as long as she does not violate other's individual rights destroying something besides altruism? No, and stating otherwise is plain stupid and evil.

SupremeWarlord · Answer

There's a very common misunderstanding about what radical feminism is, they aren't man hating bigots who want to put men in concentration camps and make Earth a full lesbian paradise.

They just believe that everything bad in society happens because of patriarchy, this is the root problem according to them (that's why it's radical, it goes in the root), so name one random problem in society such as war and gang crimes, according to radical feminists, patriarchy has something to do with it. See? It's not about making mothers with husbands feel bad per se, they just understand that this should not be an obligation to women, or the only thing that makes their lives meaningful.

Now there are people who look down on women who want to be mothers and stay at home, I'm aware of that, but they're more likely to be misinformed internet feminists than serious ones in my opinion, or just memes.

Apple1996 · Answer

Yes it definitely is ruining traditional family life. Mothers should stay home with their childern instead of throwing them in a daycare

Agape93 · Answer

It can be more important. For example hon, I don’t want kids. Never have. I value myself and my life infinitely more than a fetus.

What you value isn’t always going to be what others value. You can value motherhood 110% until the cows come home, but Tina down the road could value it as much as cold Starbucks.

TheUniqueOne96 · Answer

I guess so, but generally speaking, I don't think people have to live their lives by traditional values.

The radical ones are just a bunch of hypocrites who want privilege, hate men and have the victim mentality, as evident with some idiots on here.

Smegskull · Answer

Past tense!
It has done so successfully and it even made society dependant on a full population workforce so the option to retract is gone.
It's not solely to blame to be fair, if lawmakers/courts had thought better about the long term consequences of policies feminist groups were pushing, if teachers had a better understanding of child psychology and if chemical scientists had spoken to behavioral scientists before releasing some contraceptives then no one would have indulged feminists' poorly thought out plans for society.

Smashingdoozy · Answer

Imagine being unable to convince or simply not wanting to have children and being told that, that is the only thing that women are good for, the only thing we should accomplish. God forbid we have a passion that isn't tearing our vaginas to our assholes, to raise a child while recovering from trauma and expect them to turn out ok. 😐

normalice · Answer

It isn't. Rather, the rich getting sway with charging so much for their stuff while not payong enough to biy it such that housesholds need dual incomes to survive is what's destroying motherhood. In short, people prefer not to make babies when they can't afford to feed them.

Dazed0N0Confused · Answer

Some women don't have the same values as others. Some women also shouldn't be mother's, my grandmother admits she should've never had my mom or my aunt, for she was a terrible mother. Some people dont look at parenthood as a blessing, but rather a curse. You can't force someone to hold your same values

AdithyaR · Answer

Proper feminism doesn't say that.
What it says is, it's her choice. If a woman wants to be a mother cause she wants it, all the power to her. It's just that she must have the choice and she shouldn't be shamed for the choice she takes.
A woman being a mother and woman working to earn a living should be seen equally as they're both doing it out of their choice.

Avicenna · Answer

It's not only radical feminism doing that- it's expensive housing and an expensive cost of raising children; basically, no confidence in the future.

DJB72 · Answer

It's the big lie almost everyone in the West fell for. The birth rate in Western society is such that unless it's redressed in the next 20 years Western society as it is will cease to exist in our lifetime. The birth rate needs to be minimum 1:1 to maintain numbers but currently its around 0.7:1 so in two generations of births we're fucked.

doopayo · Answer

Intersectional feminism doesn’t care and supports a woman’s right to choice which includes if she wants to be a housewife or a business woman. I do agree that radical feminism offers a very limited view on what a girl boss can be but I believe every woman’s empowerment can be different as every woman is unique and is going to have a life journey special to them.

I wouldn’t say they’re destroying motherhood though, I still know a lot of mothers. Motherhood isn’t being destroyed

Bluemax · Answer

Radical *anything* tends to ruin things. Radical religious. Radical MRAs. Radically atheists. Radical gays. Radical straights. Radical Republicans. Radical Democrats. Etc., etc., etc.

It's not the fact their feminists that potentially ruins things, it's the fact their radical.

KWill90 · Answer

Yes. Motherhood is a huge job and responsibility that doesn't get enough credit. It's crazy what a woman's body has to go through to make a baby. To expect women to be competetive in their careers, pop out some babies, then send them to daycare and get back to work is ridiculous. I know I wouldn't be able to do it. I'd rather be a housewife in the 50's.

Jaminabelle070 · Answer

no one said that? it’s up to what women want as an individual. everyone has different priorities. to some people being in service to community might be more rewarding than raising a baby. i’m a nanny by the way, i have a unique perspective on motherhood since i work directly with them

Feelicks · Answer

Yes, it's also destroyed wages for men over the years making it much harder to support a stay at home mother as a sole earner.

The result is cheaper more abundant workers at the cost of happy women, kids and stable families. Corporations love it.

OddBeMe · Answer

Ehh, maybe. But it’s probably a byproduct of overpopulating the world. Women see this and don’t seem like motherhood (and fatherhood for guys) is worth the trouble. And they just happen to have the rights.

They cut your anus open and you shit yourself as intro to motherhood :)

hahahmm · Answer

Women being obsessed with attention whoring & making life all about self gratification are destroying motherhood. Yes, feminism is one name for this.

SomeGuyCalledTom · Answer

Radical feminism hates mothers, children, men, and ultimately, themselves. The endgame is cultural dissolution and societal breakdown, and that starts with destroying the nuclear family structure and "traditional" femininity /masculinity.

Jersey2 · Answer

Yes. Feminism has taken the joy of being a family from the millennials. So many women who just fucked and worked will be 40 in no time. Game over. Then what? 40 dull years more and then they die. A lot of regret coming their way as they age.

Exterminatore · Answer

It’s destroying that and a lot of other things.

If these bitches would just go on a diet they wouldn’t have to be in lesbian relationships with women who are just as fat as they are. I guess I’d be bitter too if my only option was 300 lbs+ women.

CreamySeed · Answer

Absolutely, kids are being left to be indoctrinated into communistic ideals at the public propaganda school centers because mommy has to serve at Denny’s for $4/hour and is too exhausted to engage with her children when she is released from her servitude. The destruction of the American family is a part of the plan for one world government and serfdom you will own nothing and be happy.

elizamichale1 · Answer

Not just motherhood it affected many things tbh As they say excess of everything is bad n so is the case with this feminism

SnakeBoop · Answer

well, its not just women who should be raising the next generation. but anyway, if that is what the woman prefers to focus on, abso-freaking-lutely.  a woman is not valued by a womb anymore thank god.

TonyMetal___86 · Answer

The good old days, this photo brings comfort when someome looks at it

MudRucker · Answer

Motherhood is one of the greatest jobs in the world. To say it isn't is being nothing but a jackals. No man can do the job of a mother.

Snakeyes7 · Answer

I don't care what the mother does but feminism does. French feminist icon Simone de Beauvoir said, “No woman should be authorized to stay home to raise her children. Women should not have that choice, because if there is such a choice, too many women will make that one.”

Anpu23 · Answer

What's not to understand? Feminism is tied to socialism. If you read early feminist work it's obvious that it's just applying socialist class systems to gender.

Hispanic-Cool-Guy · Answer

No. Radical feminism isn't destroying anything.

Bad and goid parents always existed and will always continue to exist.

Blaming people or social movements for your trash conduct is irresponsible and lack of maturity.

No one is forcing anyone to be bad mother.

Ally247 · Answer

Stupid question. I’m a massive feminist and I’d love to be a mother. You can work, and still raise a child.

DaisyM23 · Answer

I’m a feminist but I think you can do whatever. Raise kids or get a job or do both, all are equally hard

Kountry_King · Answer

Most definitely it is women in the US have everything in the palm of their hands. If they were anywhere else they’d get the short end of the stick. All these man hating views are destroying male and female families. Especially the black homes

Ellie-V · Answer

It’s a choice. It’s the individuals who choose not to who are saying that they believe one is more beneficial than the other. You can’t expect for everyone to chase motherhood.

backblueblack22 · Answer

It’s destroying more than motherhood. It’s destroying healthy and functioning make and female relationships in general.

maxdf · Answer

I think what feminisisim is about is empowering women I think that people don't want be mothers these days because of the lack of power they get if a women does child work they get know no power no money no recangion sicene shows its 3 times the work I don't think solution is women have bad jobs if women want to look after children that's good but they should get piad for child work like a universal basic income for raising kids or you get half the fathers salary automatically

worldscolide · Answer

Radical feminism is why mother's abandon their children and the like. Yeah it's destroying motherhood by making motherhood seem like it's a punishment not something that has extreme value and is very honorable.

mike5150 · Answer

Yes. Then again modern ideology also has people trying to be a single mother by choice. I'm talking about people purposely trying to deny a child a 2 parent house hold.

karaspara · Answer

Not destroying motherhood but definitely contributing to declining birthrates in the west

hopegirly · Answer

Yes! Feminism is a cancer! It is destroying femininity, womanhood, motherhood... everything 🤢

AndrewMG · Answer

I mean in my life most people are getting on and trust me since the nightclubs have reopened I've a feeling motherhood is going to be on the increase in the next 9 months! lol

Juxtapose · Answer

7 billion people and counting.. wasting away this planet's resources.

The best thing you can do for the Earth right now is to not reproduce.. unless you are cool with future generations living like ants in a hive.

joeldalton · Answer

They’ve sold women a bill of lies. And y’all’s antidepressant rate shows.

TomGarand · Answer

Yes, and I don't think all mothers should be stay-at-home moms at all. So I agree with you, but not completely.

IDontBelieveIt · Answer

Yes, even females I know say yes, they don't like feminists.

LadyCroft · Answer

of course it did. that was one of their goals. feminists always prey on beta females

Massageman · Answer

It certainly is not helping one little bit. Just one item in a long list of other attacks- overt or subtle- on motherhood.

wankiam · Answer

in an overpopulated world im not so sure its a bad thing if it is

rcljr · Answer

I would defer the question to my $9,000.00 Realdoll, but she doesn’t talk, on purpose, I didn’t order the one with voice response.

msc545 · Answer

No. WOmen still have kids for the child support money.

ItsTheNephilim · Answer

Anything radical is destructive. So is radical feminism.

Kontrvnote · Answer

Not just motherhood but other things like family as well. Glad you understand this as a woman.

jeffryrobertbabb · Answer

Being a radical feminist does not mean a woman is a lesbian, though they may be bisexual. Radical feminism is now the dominant ideology, women are at or near the top in any form of social activity.

KyleM · Answer

Unsure which bit you’re taking about. Seems like you’re saying that women can’t have successful jobs AND be good mothers.

Or are you upset about the terms “chestfeeding” and “birthing parent”?

exitseven · Answer

I do not think that the majority of women actually buy into it.

Caunsos · Answer

No because people want children. The misogyny of "RADICAL FEMINISM" may fool some people but many see it for what it is.

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