My Theory About Why Feminism is Currently Irrelevent to Millenials

[loramin]

Originally Posted by fash [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It was "rights for women" long before it became "equality for the genders" in the 80s or maybe before.

I might have already said this here, but you're too idealistic in how you represent groups or movements like feminism. Instead of paining an accurate picture of the group, you put forth only the abstract ideals they hide behind, as if you're either peddling their propaganda or falling for it.

Stalinism was all about freeing the workers from the capitalists, not the mass murders.

The Patriot Act was all about patriotism, not infringing on civil liberties and privacy. It's right there in the name!

Heh, we're in agreement on Stalinism and The Patriot Act, but there's one HUGE difference between them and rights movements: top down vs. bottom up. With top-down stuff you have people in power needing a justification for getting more power. With bottom up stuff you have people without (or with far less) power trying to get equal power.

Obviously the former has (almost transparent) reasons for their justification. But rights groups have no hidden agenda to justify, they just have their actual agenda.

Women really aren't equal in our society. Women really don't want to be second-class citizens (even if they are a whole lot closer to first-class citizens than their grandmothers were). Why is it so hard to believe there's no agenda beyond that?

*preps for incoming barrage of feminist conspiracy theories*