Why 'Feminism' Should Be Erased from the American Lexicon

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Feminism in the West has now become a destructive force. It is this movement that gave women the "freedom" to sleep around, abort their babies, cheat without consequences, have kids out of wedlock, and divorce their husbands for no reason at all. They also promote the depiction of men in the media as good-for-nothing fools. Most women these days are no longer desirable as wives by the time they reach age 30. Apart from the fact that they've slept with every guy they met earlier in their young lives, they have also done some unspeakable things with their bodies.
The feminist movement is also officially a hate group--pitting women against men (many of who are innocent and have done nothing against women, except for the fact that they are men). A group that caters to "girls and women" is inherently biased and unjust. While I can understand the idea of catering to women, because they have certain unique biological needs, just as men do in their own way (e.g. PAP smear is irrelevant to men, just as prostate examination is irrelevant to women). However, how do you justify any program that caters only to "girls"?. Why single out girls for attention when both boys and girls are our children and equally need our protection and attention?
The good news though, is the fact that the backlash has begun. Men are wising up, and avoiding to be with women tainted with the cancer of feminism.

Deeply Think of TN 7:55PM January 13, 2013

"As long as a law mentions gender, race, or religion, how can it be equal; how can it be constitutional?"
Easily so: In the context of "shall not be discriminated on the basis of". How hard is this to understand?!

B.BarNavi of MD 2:28PM August 09, 2012

Actually, on that note, the MRA is guilty of the same offense. The only legitimate claim either should make for their gender is the gender-neutrality of the law. Beyond that, it seems as though the Male Rights Movement and the Feminist movement should be entirely social endeavors except where they have common interests, e.g. DV laws.

John of VA 10:14PM May 03, 2012

The platform of today's feminists reflects the desire for an equality of outcome as opposed to equality of opportunity, the latter of which our constitution guarantees us without regards to the former.
In our society, rumination on remedies for a supposed "wage gap" or any other obvious gender disparity should, by and large, be limited to the private sector. Without exception, the current legal situation in America favors women explicitly. As long as a law mentions gender, race, or religion, how can it be equal; how can it be constitutional?

John of VA 10:11PM May 03, 2012

Why should women be subject to their worth being evaluated by a paycheck? So what if they make less money then men? Squirrels have more acorns. What is next, racing horses on foot? If they win, we should get the government to drug them so its fair, that way women can out run horses.

Adam of OH 7:04PM May 03, 2012

Feminism needs to end NOW in the U.S. & even Japan or change drastically to HUMANISM because until then MRA's WILL stand our ground.
The wage gap has been debunked by Dr. Warren Farrell and the U.S. bureau labor statistics, both and many other statistics shows the fallacy in the "women getting paid less then men for the exact same job" myth.
When you factor for choices such as hours worked, days worked, career choice, overtime, willingness to relocate, time off, experience, loss of private life do to work, aggressiveness in seeking a pay raise... etc
most men on average make the choice that produces the most money while on average most women make the choice that promotes more flexibility in all of these factors, so men (duh) will get paid more.. if choices are different the outcomes will be different.
Mens Rights Activist are fighting for justice in the family court system and they want equality of opportunity NOT just equality of outcome.
Fight for a REAL cause not just a misrepresented one.
SUPPORT SHARED PARENTING!! kids deserve dads equally men are not JUST wallets like women are not JUST kitchens.
and forget feminism (whatever wave it is)

sure of NY 6:25PM May 15, 2011

Citizens indeed!? The worst make mistake men made in allowing First Wave feminists the vote was not to force women to fight for the rights we all hold dear just like men have always done. Force women to register for the draft, to die in equal numbers in war, and to bear the suffering that war causes male soldiers in equal numbers and I will believe in female citizenship.
Right now 98 men die for every 2 women in combat. One can hardly consider women citizens in an age where women are coddled as entitled infants. Notably, I have never heard even relatively sane independent women insist on equal obligations for equal rights.
Gender-feminism's rape of the very rights provided by brave men (that is free speech, due process, and equal treatment under the law) is an ironic tyrannical travesty that only male fools would willingly fight to protect.

David of CA 4:26PM November 23, 2010

This is funny. What you're seeing with a lot of these comments is some marxist-feminists whining about a system we don't have anymore and bunch of 2nd/3rd wave apologists who just aren't hip to today's reality.
The reality is that the view expressed in this article is growing in the consciousness of womyn (especially those under thirty) all over. Some of the old-school radicals will cling to the Feminist label out of pride, but I say, why?
Young womyn know that we've secured unprecedented privileges for them and demolished the harmful parts of the Patriarchy while keeping the advantageous. Womyn are excelling in school because we have bent the educational system to favor the feminine instincts for socialization, art, and emotion over patriarchical preferences for rational thought and memorization of fact. The wage gap is a similar issue. We now make more for "less work" (in the masculine sense). Why not celebrate this victory?
My point is that there is a backlash against feminism, but much of it comes from womyn who now feel oppressed by the rhetoric of the 2nd and 3rd wave. They can work and get more money or they can stay home (which IS a valid choice). They can marry, divorce, or go solo and be assured of security via the state. Why not enjoy bake cupcakes and enjoy the divine gift of motherhood when we live in a society were Matriarchy IS the establishment? There is no need to talk of struggle or Feminism when everything from the Bradley Amendment to affirmative action to sexual harassment marks the clear victory of the movement.
We are the cats who ate the canary. We are in control. Any womyn can destroy any man who attempts to oppress hrrr. And with only a word. When you have smashed your enemy AND convinced them that you are the vanquished, nothing can stand in your way. We are not Feminists anymore, because we don't need to be. Hear us purrr.

Becca of MI 5:43AM September 24, 2010

The IWF harps on and on about the free market and how its liberating to women. Capitalism as a social system has nothing to do with liberation or the womens movement. In 2008, nearly 29% of all female headed households had incomes below the national poverty line. Indeed, it is true that women are poorer than men in all ethnic and racial groups;
"Recent data shows that 26.5 percent of African American women are poor compared to 22.3 percent of African American men; 23.6 percent of Hispanic women are poor compared to 19.6 percent of Hispanic men; 10.7 percent of Asian women are poor compared to 9.7 percent of Asian men; and 11.6 percent of white women are poor compared to 9.4 percent of white men."
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/10/women_poverty.html
It is true that the income gap between men and women is narrowing but that is more because of the decline of male incomes than the rise of female ones. It also has to do with more women getting advanced degrees which has nothing to do with capitalism. As the free market became less and less regulated and as the social safety net has been shredded over the past thirty years, female poverty has increased. It also hasn't helped that average annual economic growth rates have slowed during that time.
Capitalism is not a female cause. Whether you feel capitalism is the best social system or the worst it cannot be seen as having a special advantage for women as women and, indeed the reverse can be argued.

steve of IL 8:59PM June 30, 2010

No offense, but in writing your article you have shown that you have absolutely no real understanding of what second-wave feminism is. Try actually researching a topic before you write about it.
Fist of all, feminists have NEVER denied the biological differences between men and women. That fact that you just tried to make this absurd argument with a straight face is astounding. And what's sadder is that you may actually believe it yourself. If you don't believe me then try showing me one quote where Gloria Steinem, the leader of second-wave feminism has ever denied the existence of differences between men and women. What feminists have argued is the same thing that the civil rights movement has argued, that mere physical differences does not negate one's humanity, nor does it mean that people should be treated differently or with different levels of respect. Black people are biologically different from White people in that their skin color, bone structure, hair texture, and facial features are all different. And yet no one would argue that that means that Black people should have a different social role than White people, or that Blacks and Whites should be treated differently. The same applies to women and men. Yes, women have breasts and a vagina, but that does not entitle them to the privileges they recieve that men don't. Privileges that you advocate for and the noble feminists have fought against. Nor does it require them to have different "roles" than men. People are individuals not collectives. And gender roles are cultural inventions, just as the different "roles" for Blacks and Whites were cultural inventions in decades and centuries past.
Another thing is your silly argument endorsing the wage gap. That because women take on different jobs then men they should get paid less? I'm sorry but people should be paid equally to their counterparts in whatever career they choose. In decades past, Black people on average often take different jobs from White people, would you advocate them being paid less?
Excuse me but since when has anyone ever had to be a socialist to be a feminist, yes SOME feminists are socialists, but not all of them. Only further proof that you really know nothing about feminism.
Also, I'm angry that you seem to suggest that feminists don't speak out about women's oppression overseas. Gloria Steinem has spoken out about female genital mutilation and the poor treatment of women in other countries for years. And I do think women are oppressed in this country as well. Your problem is that you seem to think that PRIVILEGES are the same as RIGHTS. Well let me tell you, both women and men are oppressed in this country because women have special protections and privileges that they don't need or deserve. This oppresses men because it isn't fair for women to recieve privileges while they don't. And it's oppressive towards women because it treats them as though being a woman is a handicap that requires special benefits.

Thomas of UT 1:08AM June 26, 2010