Do you think feminism is a negative or positive thing?
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Feminism is an ideology that seems logical, but proves contrary when truly analyzed. Feminism, by implied definition, is "the ensuring of complete equality of men and women". However, to both followers of Christ, and respecters of true science, this ideology is ilogical and irrational.\n\nTo Christians, feminism is nothing more sophisticated than rebellion against Christ's ordinances for man and woman. Christ ordained Adam, and all men, to stand in HIS stead as shepherd, provider, protector, father, and husband. Christ also ordaind Eve, and all women, to stand in the stead of HIS Church as nourisher, bearer of fruit, nurterer, bride, and mother. Feminists display arrogance when attempting to overcome the God ordained offices of man and woman.\n\nTo respecters of science, feminism is a contradiction of nature itself. By nature, a man's body is built for manual labour. The bone structure, muscle, speed, and endourance of man is perfectly designed and balanced for manual labour. As well, a woman's body is built for child bearing and nourishment. Again, the bone structure, lower center of balance, excess body fat, menstral cycle, and mamory glands of women affirm that a woman's body is designed for child bearing and nourishing. Thus, nature itselft enforces certain duties and responsibilities of men and women. Man cannot bare the children, while the woman labours. Man cannot be impregnated while the woman provides. Nature demands the woman bare children and the man labour. Nature demands the woman be impregnated and the man provide.\n\nTo Christians, a society that strives against God, (in any manner, including sexual duties) is only mocking and provoking HIM. Such a society should not expect Christ to hear their prayers in time of need.\n\nTo believers in science, a society that strives against nature is destined for confusion, chaos, and eventual destruction. A society that believes it can conquer nature by denying its truths is just as foolish as a nation that believes it can withstand fire, water, and wind by ignoring their heat, overwelmingness, and strength, respectively.\n\nAll being said, the ideology of "ensuring equality amongst men and women" by denying their obvious differences is destructive, delusional, and foolish. Much more wisely, men ought to embrace ther GOD given and nature enforced masculine bodies and duties, and women embrace their GOD given and nature enforced feminine bodies and duties. Nonetheless, understanding that the man is incomplete without the woman, as well the woman is in need of the man. Therefore, appreciating and complimenting one another without denying the natures and uniqueness of one another.
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We gave up a really good thing when we went for women rights.\n\nWe lost the right to be good mothers.  What's so good about having to work and not even having the choice to stay home most of the time?
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Until a woman sits in the white house...and I don't mean under a desk with a cigar in her mouth...feminism shall go on! :)\nAnd even then...do you really expect us to ever stop bitching? Puh-lease...we're women.
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Well, let's take a look at it. Feminist women attack the Biblical structure of the home and support abortion, the killing of unborn babies. So, I would say, yes.\n#1denverfan
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I personally believe that it is the way women have been viewed as taking the role of caregivers since the beginning of modern history and even before that. What do you think when you think of women in general? One image that automatically comes to mind is that they have the potential of becoming mothers, as someone who is more emotionally aware of others feelings, more emotionally attached to others etc. So basically most of the times women are generally made to function that way and other times they do it because society protrays them and expects them to act a that way.
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Personally, I think it's a very strange statement.  Both sexes have had enormous impact on humanity down through history.  We can learn much from both men and women.
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I am a feminist, but I love men. I think the double standard is crap, and that there are a few women out there who hate men, and most of those women who don't obey the social mores simply tend to socially retarded, don't judge US women by that idiot in the dentist office.
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First off, do you agree with women's suffrage ? I know I totally agree with women's suffrage.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_suffrage
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Of course it is. They sure are not harmful, and contrary to what many think, Woman in general do not see them as a bad thing. \nI know this time and age are diferent, but maybe sometimes we can just relax and enjoy the contest.
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Men & women always seem to be cutting each other down. Some DO have reason to complain. Others use it as a ploy for the other sex to feel sorry for them & go out with them. However, there are two sides to every story.\n\nI am not a feminist. In fact I think that they are responsible for killing chivalry. I think it is sad that some men will not even open a door for a woman now because too many feminists have screamed back that they are capable of opening a door themselves & do not need a man to do it for them. But I still think that men need to treat women with respect. \nThe main reason I cut men down is because I have a bunch of pervs honking at me or making crude comments when I walk down the street. And it is not because I dress to call attention to myself---I am not out there in a tube top & mini-skirt! It happens even if it is the middle of winter & I have three layers of clothing on.
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it is a betraysl of the "feminist movement" initiated to benifit women to weak and stupid to make of their life what they wish to do..these feminists clam to be independant but in reality they are just following a regime upchucked by stoner loser braindead womwn who dont realise that all women on their own without their drugf***ed influence make more of a difference everyday of their lifes than the whole lot of them put together
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I actually think it is! I have seen black people who are racist against blacks (there was some talk show on it a long time ago), so it could be that someone is sexist against their own gender. For example, some man may feel that men are inferior to women because they are unable to bear children. Odd, but it could happen!
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Well, I'm a man and I have to say I agree with your assessment completely.  I'll explain my own opinion a bit, here.\n\nAs you say, the attribute of being female is only a part of being a woman.  Female is just a sex, it might refer to any animal, and it focuses on sex, which is only a part of being a woman.\n\nThe same negative impression is left when you call a man simply male.  It is concerned with his sex (or gender if you will), it does not even consider whether or not he is human or his individuality.\n\nWoman on the other hand actually has a much more complete and positive meaning.   It includes the word man in it, which suggests the person is human, it even means that a (male) human or man cannot denigrate a woman without denigrating by implication himself, as man is a part of the word -- woman.\n\nAlso the prefix wo-  probably referred to the idea of helpmate or companion, signifying a special sort of human.  \n\nUsage has always suggested that woman was a preferred appellation over female.   It's only recently, the last 50 years or so, that radical attempts to rewrite language have occurred.  Because some feminist activists believed that being a "mere" woman was inferior to being a man and led to denigration (and likely because they were overly concerned by a misinterpretation that the Bible account might suggest that women were less than man as they were built upon a man's rib)  they decided they'd choose female as the preferred term.  The fact that it readily symbolized sex must have been clear to them, but then in the 1960s women some feminists liked to believe that the reason men hated women was because they were afraid of a woman's sexuality, her otherworldliness, and so it was the root of their power (although they were clearly saying it was the root of their persecution too -- a non sequitor in either case -- and clearly a strange focus on one mere attribute of womanhood).\n\nNotice the same thing has happened to "lady".   Originally, a Lady was the formal way to address a woman of some noble rank.   But by the time Feudalism is long dead, lady is being used in terms like "my old lady" or "lady of the evening" etc.  I never called my mother "an old lady" or "an old maid" nor would I ever call my wife that, which is the more usual degrading usage.  Because her being old has nothing to do with it, if she was old it would be a blessing meaning I had been lucky to partner with her all those years, and because any man who complains about his marriage while doing nothing about it is a mere boy, whether he calls himself "male" or not.\n\nI have to tell you, a lot of men find the words the feminists have bestowed upon women to show a certain lack of respect for women in general.   Many men, such as myself, do not understand why they find such significance in changing preferred identifiers or terms, especially since most of us viewed "women" and "ladies" as complimentary terms that brought complete or classy images to mind.  Female is definitely a step down, as you already described, as it minimizes or diminishes what it is to be a complete woman.\n\nIt's funny.  Some women hate to be called any of the following, but almost always they hate these less than being called a "woman" because of the modern stupidity and bias to the word, yet all of these are less than the term woman:\n\nbabe, baby, gal, girl, sweetie, honey, sugums, love-y, honey buns, old lady, flirt, sexy lady, sex symbol, etc.\n\nThey also seem often to dislike being called cute, even though what a man is TRULY saying by that is that he somehow can't get you out of his head AND that he considers you anti-lady of the evening {edit sheesh}.   He's trying to say that there is something genuinely clean, affable, and loveable in you, but that it isn't just sexual attraction.  Often it suggests that he sees you as youthful,
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Nope.  Nothing is nothing - there's nothing positive or negative about it.\n\nPeace!
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The problem with revolutionaries is that they are good at tearing things down, but lousy at building new and better institutions to replace them with.\n\nA lot of things are better: property rights, voting rights, and access to birth control are all positive result of the women's movement.\n\nA few things are slightly worse: before, women had to raise a family even if they would rather have a career.  Now, even if a woman would rather stay home and raise her children, she probably has to work to help make ends meet.  She still only has one choice, it's just a different one from the one women had before.\n\nThis is because when 2 incomes became the norm, the economy adjusted so that you need 2 incomes to buy the house and the car that 1 income used to buy.  \n\nWe still have a ways to go to have a just and equitable society.
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You haven't met very many women, I'm guessing. \n\nWe aren't negative. Well, some of us are, but not all of us. \n\nAnd those of us who have negative tendencies often see that as being critical of things around us. That means we can provide criticisms as well as praise. \n\nI just think many women evaluate things more than many men do.
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No I do not support Feminism period. Feminism have given us abortion on demand. 4,500 children murdered a week do to Feminism. Feminism promotes living in sin no matter the cost to socity or to culture. Feminism promotes woman worship and no GOD worship. A good example of the affects of Feminism is the Current United States of America. Were woman cast off there husbands like socks and then demand child support but do not allow men to see there children. Woman her even refuse to correct there children leading them to a early death. Now the results of feminism should be enoof to all woman run away from all there teachings period.