| allblue said: The meaning of sexism has been literally blown out of the water and stretched to ridiculous lengths. I advocate and have full respect for women fighting for equal paid, equal opportunities in work places etc. However, it gets ludicrous when it crosses over to sexual issues between a man and a woman. Of course, when sex is involved there is bond to be a gender differentiation. A guy copulates with his partner, a women. Naturally, he likes to be the dominant one, and "coincidentally" his partner likes to be submissive and wants him to take the lead. Sexism is no longer about gender equality anymore, its all about elimination of gender altogether now. |
How did you come from the issue in the OP to a caricature of a crazy feminist virago wanting to sodomize all men? You're really punching at ghosts here.
Feminists are for equality of opportunities and rights and the respect of gender peculiarities.
Feminists are not against S&M, submissive/dominant roleplay in the bedroom or in padded dungeons, rough sex or "traditional" masculine and feminine roles. They are against fetishising such dynamics between consenting adults so that someone might think that that's how it _must_ work.
They are not against a woman freely,happily and willingly living as a stay-in mom to raise a family per se. They are against a society that pushes women to take that role, restricting their freedom.
They are not against men discretely appreciating a beautiful coworker, nor against their personal fantasizing. They are against enough oogling to put her at a discomfort, in a working environment where she has to put up or be ostracized.
They are not against a woman liking to be submissive during sex. They are against their male partners assuming she should like it and against the overexposure to pornography that promotes that misconception.
Nobody likes to be flattened, it's as simple as that.
