At least those of you that don’t make me want to punch my fist through a brick wall…
We get it okay? Feminism is about “equality”
At least, that’s what it’s SUPPOSED to be about.
Nowadays a majority of the feminists I’ve encountered are man-hating extremists with racist/sexist views and tend to be LGBTQIA-phobes that I’d rather not interact with……mainly because dealing with their tendency to be emotional terrorists is exhausting and quite frankly it gives me a migraine
If you want me, and every self-proclaimed egalitarian/anti-feminist, to change our collective view on what a “real feminist” looks like, here’s a step-by-step on how to do that:
1) First of all stop calling us out, lashing at us, or acting like assholes toward us. It only helps to cement our view of feminists, which isn’t that great to begin with.
2) Take a second to LISTEN to what we’re saying: We don’t have some evil master plan to thwart your (sincere) attempts to raise awareness for equal rights. We actually support equality, with a passion, hence why we’re so vocal about not only women’s issues, but men’s as well, and for everyone in between that identify a little differently. Because TRUE equality helps EVERYONE, not just people with a vagina (said the owner of a vagina……in case you’re thinking of accusing me of being a misogynistic male blogger, I assure you I am not)
3) Recognize the REAL issue: Some of your “believers” are doing/saying things that are NOT what feminism is about, and in turn give the rest of the movement a bad name. Take into consideration that not all movements are 100% sincere and well-represented, therefore you need to keep an eye out for any misinterpretations. If you don’t want people to get the wrong idea of your movement, than make an effort to separate the fakes from the real thing.
4) Seriously stop snapping at US, and start snapping at YOUR TRAITOR “FEMINISTS”: WE are not the problem here, not truly, we may give you guys a “bad rep”, or so you think, but honestly the blame lies with the ones who have taken your movement and used it as an excuse to lash out and terrorize people that either A) didn’t deserve it or B) they’re being bullied in ways that make people question the lengths that feminists will go to in order to prove a point, even if it means resorting to violence and discrimination.
I don’t understand why this is so difficult.
We’re tired of taking the blame okay? It’s a wonder any of my fellow AF’s/egalitarian’s don’t completely lose their shit, the kind of backlash and hate we get is THAT extreme.
So please do us a favor? Don’t come to US to try and “solve” the issues within your own movement, go to the people that are CAUSING these issues. Tell THEM what they’re doing wrong.
Telling US gets you nowhere. It’s a waste of not only OUR time, but YOURS as well.
We are not the mom’s of Tumblr okay? It’s not our job to keep your young’ns in line.
P.S. - Stop acting like total assholes when you see that the URL of a post says “anti-feminism-pro-equality”, what are you? Like 5? This isn’t preschool, she doesn’t have cyber-cooties. Treating her like shit does NOTHING to help change our collective view of your “sisterhood”, if anything you’re making it worse. Just stop it already will ya?