Young, opinionated females
really love to make their voices heard about this issue. They want the same employment opportunities
and salaries as their male coworkers.
They want to see women in government offices. They want their husbands/boyfriends to split
the household chores. They want to be
able to play on male sports teams if they so desire. They want men to stop objectifying
them. Basically, the want equality.
This argument doesn’t quite
make sense to me. I mean, it’s 2012 now,
ladies. They let us out of the kitchen
decades ago! As far as I’m concerned,
I’m not lacking in my “women’s rights.”
A feminist will correct me. The
problem isn’t solved yet, they will say.
Yes, we’ve come a long way, but we won’t stop until men and women are
equal. Completely and totally equal.
I don’t think a lot of
feminists realize what they’re asking for.
100% equality with men would mean that women should be required to
register for the draft and be expected to contribute to half of the dinner
bill. In a equal world, we should hold
doors open for guys and let them go first.
We should ask them out and even propose to them. It should be acceptable for them to hit us…
I mean, they hit each other, and we want
to be just like them, right? Now I don’t know about you, but that’s not the
kind of world I want to live in. I like
it when a guy offers to carry something heavy for me or walks me home when it’s
dark out just because he’s a guy. Women have exponentially more opportunity now
than they did in the past, and I’m so glad that we do. But we cannot whine for equal rights only
when it suits us and then reclaim our subordinance when it doesn’t. We cannot have our cake and eat it too.
When feminists argue for women’s
rights, they are debating an issue that really isn’t much of an issue anymore,
at least not in today’s American society.
Men, at least the good ones, actually do respect women. No, things aren’t perfect. But in 2012, we don’t need women to tell the
world that they can do what men do--We need them to do what men do. And if we’re
going to complain about equal rights instead of just taking the responsibility
and initiative to accomplish whatever we want in life like men have been doing
all along, then maybe we really are the lesser sex.
I love this. I am in complete agreement. There is no way women lack in rights and feminists are so annoying. I think it is that way for most groups that were once minority they try and push for more rights, but they do not want all the responsibility that it comes with.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you incertain areas. Yes as women, especially those who are feminists, we find us contradicting ourselves when we ask for equal rights but expect an old school courting style. But as for women's right I still do believe it is an issue in the United States, for example recently with issues concerning reproductive rights. The violations of our rights are not so apparent as was forty years ago, but it is in the clauses of some legislation that you find injustice.
ReplyDelete