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Addfire wrote: I'll go from most difficult to answer to easiest to answer.

'''do I hear feminists complain about sharia law? No, I dont.'''

No offense, but are you listening? You may never have heard ME complain about it, that's because I'm not Islamic and didn't know of its existence until you brought it up. But just going through the Wikipedia page, I found a handy quote: "She pointed out that polygamy was illegal in Malaysia for non-Muslims but not for Muslims, and that child custody arrangements for Muslims were biased towards fathers as opposed to the shared-custody arrangements of non-Muslim parents." That sounds like complaining about sharia law to me. '''Alright then, so why am I not seeing this on mainstream media? If feminism was advocating for sharia law to be removed, then why havent I seen it in my local feminist frequency thread?'''

Also why should it be 50/50, when the people in are fit for the job?

I guess you're right in a sense, it shouldn't be directly 50-50, that wouldn't make sense. But it definitely wouldn't be 20-80. And why is that? Because women don't run for office. And why is that? Because there is way too much stigma. I found once an interesting set of videos of Republican media personalities commenting on Michelle Obama, describing her as a 'Merman', as extremely overweight, as a mongrel feasting on whatever she could... she wasn't even president! Yes, women are starting to run more, especially in the Democratic party, which we assume would mean more women in office. So we'll wait until the midterms to see if that's actually true. ''' I mean, maybe it's because women and men have biological differences. http://bravetheworld.com/2016/08/09/50-real-differences-men-women/'''

'''Maybe its beause the average men is more  interested in politics than the average women? '''

 lmao no it's cuz of sexism that wamen dont choose presidencty 

'''again, the vast majority of feminists dont talk about male homicide. (If I'm wrong send me a link about a major feminist or a group of feminists saying that male homicide is bad, that is if you can.) AND Then why the fuck do they use that term to shame everything a man does.'''

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/06/men-joining-feminist-conversation-toxic-masculinity-chris-hemmings-robert-webb

That's a feminist who writes for the Guardian. Hopefully that works for you. Also, we don't use that term to shame everything a man does. That's not true? Here's another Wikipedia page on Toxic Masculinity. Hopefully that clears things up. '''Then why was feminists advocating for the hashtag "#killallmen"? https://twitter.com/hashtag/killallmen?lang=en'''

'''the point of that was that feminism ran out of things to complain in the westen world since women have the same righs as men. Therefore now they're making up stuff to "prove" that women are "oppressed." '''

But... women do have issues. Men have issues. Society is not perfect. Until there's nothing left to fix, feminism is still needed. '''Again, that doesnt mean oppression, and it doesnt call for feminism. None of this calls for feminism at all. What it did call for is debates, not an agenda stuffed in.'''

This is the ideal world that feminism wants to become a reality.

Dude, I can just look at the description of that link and see that, right there, you've given a nice example of a TERF. (So I'm also answering Whats a TERF?)

TERF = Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist, but don't let the name fool you. TERFs are basically anti-male and anti-gender, and all around terrible people. A TERF wants men gone, a feminist doesn't. The difference between a Feminist and a TERF is the difference between a Republican and an Anarcho-Capitalist. '''I actually agree with you on this. You make a good point.But, what about this?'''

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xJI4zYR5o8

This is a feminist ad saying that women should be paid more than men.

Being a feminist has too many negative condatactions to it

I think you mean 'connotations' (correct me if I'm wrong), and if you're on the opposing side of course it does. I can say that literally any school of thought has negative connotations. Republicans? Killing the poor. Democrats? Hate our rights. Black Lives Matter? Hurting our cops. So, you're... not really proving anything by saying that the enemy of an argument disagrees with it. No. I mean this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI7pAsvqPAk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHyB4ghHyVI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjb1ZeDj3X4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW-VqXDowbs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXD1N0NLu6U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG1bN2JWC7I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp1K7f7WNCo

'''Ok I think you get the picture. Anyway, it worked. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/16/feminism-poll_n_3094917.html '''

While the majority of people advocate for equality, only 1/5 are saying that they are a feminist.

Why should I do that when I can be an egalitarist? (Scenario A) You are right so therefore egalitatism = feminism - all of that negative bs. (Scenario B) I am right so therfeore egalitarism > feminism.

Because egalitarianism is for people who don't think Feminism is needed when it desperately is. But it isnt needed.

Also, use Wikipedia for future reference.