Feminism: What Is Your View About It?

Dude, I'D have to care to argue with you.

Compare what j-girl wrote to the useless garbage you added and see for yourself where the stupidity lies.

Stop pretending to understand something you OBVIOUSLY don't. Now if you were joking that's a whole different matter but I have my suspcions that you werent.

Better. 

Guys really shouldnt reply to female issues anyway except for when they actually know what they are talking about. 

Sharetroll are you the same person you have just spoken so much sense. 

  Trying to be funny or som'n?

I personally, am not a "feminist". Whatever right an individual has and is allowed to have, I certainly do have it. That a woman can't climb a palm tree doesn't mean she's being a feminist  .

Every individual should have equal rights irrespective of gender. That's my opinion though. I find it gross fighting for rights with men 

Toshman most feminists start off as young single women.  You need to get it out of your head that a feminist is some bitter divorcee!

And stop your ranting you sound like a chauvinistic pig.  Those human rights are why feminism is here today!  Its just that there is clear need to see real feminists and to see Feminist Nazis!

Hey TOH!    

some feminists have given the whole movement a bad name, such as those who claim everyman is a fundamentally a rapist, and that the main purpose of the phallus is to ensure male dominance (what bollocks)

more recently third world feminists have emerged as those trying to make clear distinction between binaries - what constitutes true 'equality' and tokenism, and the true defining characteristic differences between the sexes

and the question of whether true 'equality' can ever be achieved. women deserve all the same rights as men, but since there are some fundamental differences that help define roles in society (e.g childbirth, physical strength), absolute equality will never be attained

there shouldn't be discrimination in terms of pay, promotion, political acceptance, sexual choice/freedom and so on, but the basic differences should never be forgotten - a man will never be a woman or vice versa.

@debo,
if u read in between the lines of my last post u'll recognise that what i'm saying is not far from what u are saying.
@thief,
if you were an intelligent thief u'll know that i'm not joking. let us forget about the 2nd part of the last sentence of my last post, what else in that post looks like a joke?

for the person whose problems include the right to climb palm wine, can't you see that your fundamental human rights give u the right to climb palm wine tree (if the tree is urs or if the owner of the tree allows u to do so). what are we talking about here. let us concentrate on fundamental human rights which will cover not only women but also other vulnerable groups in a population such as minorities, children(including orphans) immigrant(legal and illegal) refugees, and all those who are underprevileged in the society.

i'll see y'all later, i got a train to catch. i need to see my fiancee(and she's no feminist ) this night

@ TOH, thank you - i thought i would have had to answer toshmann's additions

@ toshmann, i think TOH has already answered for me but feminists are not men haters. Get your facts rights. Feminists do fall in love, give birth, build their families.

We know that a gender egalitarian society can never occur but the distinction between men and women is unnecessarily great. However, i know of a gender egalitarian society just outside of China. As in couples cook together, go to the farm together, and the husband's job during the childbirth is not as painful as the wife but he's gotta be in charge of it. Men carry children on their back when they want to go hunting. It wasn't until the patriarchal society of China invaded that they understood what was going on. That study was done in 2002, i think. For this kind of society, women are not oppressed or called all kinds of names and you can't expect them to be fighting for what they have already.
But in this part of the world, we have to fight to get anywhere close and if we're going to fight for something, we might as well aim for the highest.

I think the problem that most men are having with females acquiring leading roles, is the fact that their supposedly reign of "power" would be threatened.  

I grew with in a nuclear family, however, it was my mom who molded and kept the family together, while my dad was busy "servicing" the women in the town and anywhere else they could have been found.

Now, fortunately, not all men have issues with females wanting to be heard.  There are men who admire ladies for taking a stand.

As TOH and J-girl meticulously pointed out, Feminism does not entails, being a Man-hater, or anti-family.  It is just a notion of not wanting to be subjected to certain roles, but otherwise be appreciated for who we are.  

I was taking the subway home a few nights ago, and this man almost ran me over to take the only available seat.  Another gentleman sitting adjacent to him remarked about his demeanor, to which this "idiot" responded. "Well ladies said they want equality as men, so we have to treat them as such" His demeanor totally blew me away.  With this type of mentality the problem of gender bickering will be here for a long time.

Another factor worthy of not is that of androgyny. Androgyny should never be a part of anyone's society.  My mom (when she was younger) could assemble any electrical equipment, while my dad spent hours trying to decode the manual. I strongly believe that when issues as such are eradicated from our societies, then and only then will we experience changes.

Just like MLK had his dream, I have one too. That Men and women will be treated equally.  We need to snap out of this mentality,  and the sooner the better.

@ toshmann, i think TOH has already answered for me but feminists are not men haters. Get your facts rights. Feminists do fall in love, give birth, build their families.

haha yes they do all the above then it all falls apart because they want to swap roles with men.

My view on this is , NO TO FEMINISM.
I do not like the idea, do not buy it , do not agree with it. It causes  too many unnecessary problems in marriages. If only Feminist would have the good sense to choose a husband that is submissive or docile to cope with their their ideas on family life then we won't have a problem. Instead they get married and give the poor man grief for life. No way thanks but no thanks, i strongly believe we all have natural given roles i.e among the sexes and these should not be interfered with. Too often we think we are smarter or more intelligent than nature, its hilarious . Women, we cause our own problems sometimes.A little education and we begin to develop feminist ways.
Love , care, respect and companionship are what matter , women have very unique position in this life, if only we could tap into the naturally given power we possess. I take pride in being a woman '' non feminist''  

what's it like to be utterly clueless?

and sisi you also don't know what you are talking about. look up the word instead of making up stuff and try again.

From your comment, i believe you don't.

sharetroll what do you mean sorry i didn't get that?



and you are? ,  are you the nairaland postometer? are you the resident  post analyser?
 sorry i said tell me where you disagree and i will oblige you with a mature discussion on this topic. One off comments like the above are easy but  not the way to go 

what is more to say sisimore, you believe a woman standing up for herself is giving people grief, why would I argue with someone who thinks like that.

we are talking about people standing up for their own rights, you are talking about a poor husband. what does husband have to do with issue at hand. there are many places where still 2 people of opposite gender do the same job at a workplace and one gets more money than the other, it's things like that we are referring to. I'm so sick of explaining the difference between someone who stands up for her rights and that of other women and a crazy fem-nazi. Appaently you people don't want to believe there's a damn difference so why the hell should I bother?

african women would do anything to land a man even if it means being a doormat. That's why you have women who are beaten up in their homes and they are still the same ones who ask for forgiveness. I have no more to say to you.

One big problem with feminism is that not only has it turned some women into, as we say in naija, tigers, but now it is breeding an entirely evolved species of tigers which now have wings to boot.  Worse still, when some of us leave Naija for "greener pastures", they take "when in Rome, do as the Romans" too literally.  In other words, they copy both the bad and the good, often in an attempt to be "cool" or "hip".  We take the words "independence" and "freedom" beyond even what the actual citizens of the country we are emigrating to intended for it to be.

Granted there are probably not many christians on this forum, but it is safe to say what I am about to say in any religion, "Woman obey your husband" and "Husband love your wife".

If we do the aforementioned, this world would be a better place.

@my2cents


 "man obey your wife" and "wife love your husband"

would this also make the world a better place?