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Do you think feminism is necessary in the Eastern world?

In say the middle eastern countries, India etc?
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Nenova · 31-35, M
its not necessary at all in some societies. in the modern world equality as already been achieved. even a child in high school can arrest his own mother. it depends on which setting needs this kind of fight for rights. in my country (Uganda) which is a 3rd world country women and men are equal. even in pay. and this is a 3rd world typical African traditional country which is considered "lawless" yet we have achieved equality even in our education. so i dont even understand what inequality you are talking about? that stuff was relevant in 1920 but not now. right now i honestly believe its just a fight of women VS men. a fight of one gender struggling to be more dominant than the other. there will always be some kind of unfairness in the world so there is never going to be a time when all inequality in the world is gone. we can only come up with percentage eg 73% equality among men and women in the modern society which is a really great number. there is never going to be 100% equality because the moment it gets to 100 and becomes 101, it will mean the sex which previously did not face the inequality will now be the one facing the inequality so it will now be the opposite sex claiming to be unfairly treated. its simply logic, since equality is a variable and keeps changing, if i was supposed to give 10$ to a woman and likewise 10$ to a man, but considering this is a variable that is never stable the moment i give 11$ to the woman the man will complain of inequality so i will try to raise the man's money to 11$ as well to even the situation but considering its a variable it will soon become 12$ and then the woman will begin shouting about inequality and the cycle will go on and on and on. there will always be a gender more dominant than the other so the real agenda of feminism is "it should be women who are the dominant gender, not men" thats what this whole fight is about. thats why radical feminists tell women not to marry and that they can comfortably live without men because marriage entails for women to be submissive to their men and this frustrates the whole agenda of women dominating men. feminists keep pretending they are fighting for peace, and justice to make the world a better place. LOL. at the heart of feminism is merely a group of desperate women craving for power, dominion, influence and attention.
basicgirl12 · 22-25, F
@Nenova your argument was so incredibly biased. You literally only spoke about radical feminists. And just because equality is 73% in your world, doesn't mean we shouldn't strive for 90%.and hey, maybe sexism isn't prevalent in your country. But I have traveled to third world countries, I've studied them in class, I have many friends from all over too. And I know for a fact that things aren't nearly as good for women as they are here.
What you mentioned as the "heart" of feminism, is only some people who are extremist and whom the media capitalizes on, blowing the issue out of proportion. A true feminist is one who believes in equality and champions the cause of women empowerment.