Exactly. The whole “if you put a steak in front of a dog you can’t expect them not to eat it” rape apologist argument burns me up. 1) Men are not dogs, they are grown-ass human beings, and 2) you can TOTALLY do that with a well-trained dog.
@thatguyyouknow I get where you’re coming from. I think we have a lot of exposure to the loudest most obnoxious segment and it can really ruin the value of the movement. There are some people out there shouting about feminism in toxic cancerous ways. And I found that I was quite averred to the movement myself.
But it’s a bigger story and some of those ideas are important—essential to a healthy society. They are the ideas from the people who fought so that women could be doctors/lawyers/professionals, vote, have credit cards and own homes.
We continue to need these ideas and champions because we aren’t a perfect society and we still have things to work on. Don’t let the voices of the bad actors color your perception of powerful and visionary thinkers.
I don't know how you picked a will to be separated from extremists from that post? They're not even mentioning them, just saying that feminism benefits men too. Unless "women are actually people" is the part that rings extremist bells.
I mean, that's generally good advice for any given group of people but I don't know why you put it there.
But it’s a bigger story and some of those ideas are important—essential to a healthy society. They are the ideas from the people who fought so that women could be doctors/lawyers/professionals, vote, have credit cards and own homes.
We continue to need these ideas and champions because we aren’t a perfect society and we still have things to work on. Don’t let the voices of the bad actors color your perception of powerful and visionary thinkers.
I mean, that's generally good advice for any given group of people but I don't know why you put it there.