It’s another red pill contradiction. The much-derided educated, professional women are the most likely to get married and stay married. It’s women with nothing beyond a high school education in low wage positions who are the most likely to have children out of wedlock and divorce.
I don’t wish ill on anyone too. But the topic is “radical feminism” not average women. I had a friend who had a chair at a University in Hong Kong. I admire Asian culture a great deal and have come to know some Asian people who are very polite and well-mannered in general. An Asian woman came to our office and I told her I was at her service should she need anything. The way she dressed was completely in line with a version of being feminine which I embrace, but radical feminists would look at her as the hated “lady-like” person women should reject.
Could someone define exactly what they mean by “radical feminism”? I think what’s bothering a lot of people here is it’s ending up used as an attack on any woman who identifies herself as a feminist - and there are a fair number of women here who identify as feminists.
I’m sure I dress like a version of feminity you would embrace - and I’m visibly pregnant to boot! And I got married closer to 20 than 30.
I am not and never was a feminine dresser. Besides wearing a dress, heels and jewelry while working on freight trains is not the most practical and would violate safety rules.
Perhaps you could define feminist? Radical feminists most resemble a highly defined political party which automatically rejects women who violate one or more of the ‘core principles.’
Near as I can tell, it’s an internet enclave of extremists who whine, blame everything on the opposite sex and invisible boogeymen, and resent their perceived lot in life.
Not all of us single women are angry, aggressive and have funky hair.
What? No. Oh my gosh no. I wasn’t talking about single women fitting this internet feminist stereotype; I was talking about the internet feminist stereotype and how it’s the RP female counterpart and tends to be every bit as powerless (and single). It’s like two warring factions of the internet that seem to have very little to do with the real world, and from what I can tell, you probably aren’t hanging around on rabid “feminist” websites posting silly memes and going on about “fat acceptance”.Not all of us single women are angry, aggressive and have funky hair.
Being single does not mean there is something wrong with you.
Also I don’t hate all men.
Enough with the stereotypes already.
I do admit to being weird and nerdy so that’s probably why I am still single.
Thanks for the clarification.What? No. Oh my gosh no. I wasn’t talking about single women fitting this internet feminist stereotype; I was talking about the internet feminist stereotype and how it’s the RP female counterpart and tends to be every bit as powerless (and single). It’s like two warring factions of the internet that seem to have very little to do with the real world, and from what I can tell, you probably aren’t hanging around on rabid “feminist” websites posting silly memes and going on about “fat acceptance”.
As you can tell, I despise pop culture gender theory and wars, which is all this red pill stuff is.
For what it’s worth, I used to have funky hair and piercings. Then like most college kids, I grew up. I have a lot of colorful tattoos though, but you’d never know unless I wanted you to. My brother gave me a piece of advice when I was 18 that I really took to heart: don’t make it hard to get a job or meet a romantic partner’s conservative family. I can wear a sundress or fitted tee and jeans and look totally normal. Still have my nose stud though.
Here we sort of agree. Too many people get stuck in the anger phase and never develop beyond it. They tend to be the most vocal members. :doh2: I still remember plenty of the stuff that I said that was over the top. I realized though that while I have absorbed harmful thought patterns from people close to me and from society, the only person who can change that is me. Anger is only useful when channeled as energy. So I started lifting hard, reading, and meditating.
The radicals.
It’s pretty clear that a lot of folks aren’t getting very representative sources.Not all of us single women are angry, aggressive and have funky hair.
Being single does not mean there is something wrong with you.
Also I don’t hate all men.
Enough with the stereotypes already.
I do admit to being weird and nerdy so that’s probably why I am still single.
That’s why I refer to radical feminism as third-wave feminism.
I’m lost here. The topic is not feminism but radical feminism. The radicals are pro-abortion and pro-contraception. I recently saw an ad for a new contraceptive and the slogan was “Power up!” Power up to where? Two young ladies were in the ad flexing their arms to show their “Power” - whatever that means. But seriously, this whole obsession with POWER is what radical feminism is all about, power and control. Those in charge know what they’re doing and it’s not helping women.
I believe it was kicked off by my question. I was asking what the definition of “radical feminism” was and how it differed from feminism in general, especially as it seems several posters here identify as feminist (and certainly don’t espouse many of the views set out here).
Feminists themselves have a different idea of radical feminism.
A lot of radical feminists are going to be lonely later in life. I hope that men’s rights folks, who have many good points that are dead on point, don’t make the same mistake the feminist made. I would even like to see radical feminists temper their views. If Laci Green (not the most radical of course) can do it, so can they.