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Originally Posted by Northern Monkey
(Post 9877770)
I’m all for total equality for men and women but to me equality doesn’t mean that we’re the same.For me it would be everyone having the choice to do what they want or what makes them happiest.For some women modelling or advertising is what they enjoy.All i see from the current iteration of feminism is feminist women trying to oppress everyone.Men and other women or anyone that doesn’t agree with their particular brand.Yes i know that there are many differing feminist views but it seems that there is a current hardline and dictatorial ideology which is becoming more mainstream and tries to demonise anybody(men and women) who don’t subscribe to the narrative.
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...but that’s the thing though, NM...we’re not ‘the same’, that sameness and that equality still hasn’t been reached yet...:laugh:..that ‘level playing field’, as it were, in things that have been in past times, ‘male dominated’ in decisions of the roles (some males) have ‘allowed’ females in, less participants of equality and more ‘faces’ and ‘poster girls’, type thing...eye candy stuff....so it’s still coming back to what TS said, that equality has to be reached first, which feminism is aiming for...so that everyone does have equal choices ...feminism isn’t against things like modelling or advertising or any individual choice that people should have...it just wants to change perceptions of ‘objectifying’ and judgements because of a chosen profession, feminism is trying to prevent judgements based on what a person might chose to be in life in their job...and sadly there are some jobs, which still attract judgements from what is seen in media and society views...oh, she’s a model, surely she is used to being objectified, surely she must like it also, why didn’t she question this or that ...so if a guy was to be inappropriate in behaviour, can she not ‘handle’ that, why is she fussing about it../...that type of thing is often read in media stuff and also very strongly still felt by (some people), sadly...
...and I actually don’t think ‘hardline feminism’ is becoming mainstream...no feminist, either male or female that I know is ‘hardline’ in their views and thoughts...but that’s interesting as well though, NM...because maybe (some people) are looking for hardline, so that negativity can be attached to feminism, to detract from the positive ‘movement it is’.... |
