Can I Be A Feminist If I’m Also A Masculist?
I’m not an anti-feminist, since I support the basic tenants of feminism:
“The doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.” – dictionary.com.
However I disagree with a lot of feminist scholars, the PC thought police in charge of despicable organizations such as NOW, the ludicrous sexist “patriarchy conspiracy theory”, socialist feminism, marxist feminism, anti-family/misandrist diatribe, archaic constructionist sociological belief systems intertwined with feminist theory, gynocentrism, apathy towards male victims etc….
This is a not another stupid conservative rant, I’m a centrist libertarian, I just oppose radicals and slimeballs on both sides of the spectrum.
At the same time I support the fight to end:
- Female discrimination
- Violence against women
- Depiction of women/girls in the media
- Female rape
- Equal opportunities
- Treatment of women in the Middle East
- Reproductive and abortion rights
- Sexual harassment, voting, education
- “Equal pay for equal work”
- Affordable childcare
- Affordable health care
I also actively support men’s rights in areas such as:
- Family court bias
- Alimony bias
- Paternity fraud
- Increasing suicide rate among men
- Child custody bias
- Parental rights bias
- Bias in health concern awareness
- Incarceration for not paying child support
- Lack of advocacy for men’s rights
- Special government agencies for women’s affairs with no corresponding agencies for men’s affairs
- Biased rape shield laws
- Lack of educational aid for boys and men
- Justice system bias
- Statutory rape bias
- Men’s higher premiums for auto, health, life and disability insurance
- Depiction of men in the media
Can I be both a feminist and a masculist?
February 23rd, 2010 at 2:21 pm
Of course you can. And I’m right there with you, buddy.
February 23rd, 2010 at 2:48 pm
No, because the faulty premise in your question is that Feminism is primarily about advocating for women’s rights. Although that may have been the case 40 or 50 years ago, the “movement” has been corrupted primarily into a policy of man-hatred.
Masculism is the necessary by-product of Feminism to regain some measure of self wroth and rights that Feminists have taken from men.
Being a Feminist is exclusive to being a Masculist, just as being a bird is exclusive to being a Bengal tiger.
February 23rd, 2010 at 4:58 pm
I see no problem with it…these two “philosophies” are very similar at a core, moderate level.
I honesty believe the next step is for the two groups to start working together. Isnt that the main thought in relationships behind both. Equal but different, and stronger together then one could ever be.
Think of it this way, you wouldn’t ask if you could donate time/money etc to save the rain forest and the dolphins.
February 23rd, 2010 at 5:30 pm
I believe I am a feminist and a masculinist. I am working now on helping a father keep his parental rights, since he raised the children and the wife never paid child support until recently, when she filed to get custody of the kids. Both sides have valid points and trying to say one sex is better than the other gets us nowhere.
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:11 pm
Tomado, when I read what you believe I cannot help but think that you are a person of moderation and temperance. As Oida once said, “Excess always carries its own retribution. Nothing can be sliced so thin that it has only one side.
February 24th, 2010 at 2:12 am
Notice that list of injustices against men is longer than injustices against women?
I thought women have higher health insurance though?
February 24th, 2010 at 2:56 am
you aren’t espousing feminist ideals , your just pushing for real equal rights under the law.