I Am a Feminist

The Human Aspect... First of all, I believes that both feminist & anti-feminist are not anti-humanist.

If you have pain in one leg(females), to make that one more comfortable, you puts more pressure on other leg(males). With the feminist concerned with pain of first leg, while the anti-feminist are concerned with pressure on second(may be right now enjoying good health). To be a sensible person(humanist), we should try to understand pain of both. I have heard cases where a patient had injured their second leg during the recovery time of first.

I hope when the first leg heals completely, the pressure on second leg will be lifted. It's not easy to develop best rules/policies/priorities in one instance, the world has always witnessed change, and human race has been always busy in updating rules/policies/deciding priorities. Humans have always been learning, and until we gets the complete knowledge(decides final version of rules/policies/priorities), i. e. Until first(and second too) leg is healed completely, the first leg(feminist) should try to understand pressure on second. And the second(anti-feminist) should try to understand pain of first.

A person(humanity/world) can't run on any single leg. We need both with a good balance and strength.

There have been faults of not understanding the pain of first. And some are again doing mistake of not understanding the pressure on second. Let's not repeat our mistakes. Why don't we(both) understand each other's problems. When we will understand each other's pain, the recovery will be fast and we will be able to run(towards development of this earth) very soon.

I am not here to discuss which leg is in more pain. Because if we are able conclude that, we again will be likely to repeat our mistake.

I neither belong to feminists, nor anti-feminists, because we are humans/souls(who has no gender) first. Please don't relate me by the gender status of my profile.

I have also posted the same story in the group "I Am Against Feminism"

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DeenMan

Feminism doesn't fall on just one leg, though. Feminism is in both legs.

ABCDEF7 · M

Thanks, for your comment.

What do you mean by that?

Yes true, you need not to be a female to be feminist. I was talking about feminist & anti-feminist, and not about the thinking of all men & women.

And if you want to say that feminist are also concerned about pain of men. I would definitely love it. But then they should rather call themselves humanist, instead of calling themselves feminist and confusing the things for others.

DeenMan

True, the word itself can be confusing. But it\'s called feminism because currently women are the more oppressed gender. I mean, men aren\'t being sold as child grooms to wealthy women and women rape men at a fraction of the rate men rape women. I think it will be called humanism once women are finally equal.

ABCDEF7 · M

When women & men will both become equal, there will certainly not any need for either feminism or anti-feminism, there will certainly be only humanity & humanism. That day anti-feminist might also start calling them humanist, because both groups will have no work other than humanity. But the problem is about the approach till that time comes.

When you are ignoring the pain of any group (how small it be) you can\'t call yourself a humanist. Humanity is about not getting biased by gender, religion or nationality. A humanist have equal priorities for all groups.

So, you think that the term humanism doesn\'t have its meaning right now. And the people practicing it, are in some misconception. And they should now call themselves as feminist.

Feminism definitely has a good element of humanism, but the cause of all disputes/differences is about the part it is missing.

DeenMan

You say anti-feminism like it\'s an actual thing. I think misogyny is the term you\'re looking for. And yes, many people claim to be feminists and are actually misogynists.

How does feminism ignore the pain of any other minority, or even majority? I have a feeling your problem is with the semantics of the word \'feminism\' rather than actual feminism.

ABCDEF7 · M

True friend, I don\'t have any problem with anyone working for the rights of any group, instead I appreciate it.

You may be right Deen, but that is what many feminist & anti-feminist call themselves and are perceived as. I would definitely like to know your version of definitions for both.

Thanks for taking so much interest in my post. :)

DeenMan

Feminism: notion and movement that women deserve equal rights to men. There are submovements like Third Wave, but feminism itself is just the idea that women and men are equal.

Anti-feminism: against feminism, usually called misogyny.