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What ideals in society today do you believe is anti-feminist, and piss you off?

 LadyLilith posted over a year ago
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LoveforSeverus said:
I agree with Mrs-Grint but I also hate how, here in America, if a guy has sex a lot he's just a "pimp" and it's cool now. But if a girl has sex once and it gets out she's suddenly a huge slut.
And the fact that some men think that they have huge power over us and say our place is in the kitchen. (This guy at school would tell my friend to take her place in the kitchen all the time because "that's where she belongs")
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AGH!!!! I hate both of those things! I've gotten more relaxed with the topic of sex; I'm starting to see it as more of a need, and it's really no one's business who has sex with who. So long as the women are still PICKING who they choose to do it with, and not just fucking everyone, I don't see them as sluts. I don't think that men should have the right to hump anything that moves and be considered "awesome" for it. I see men as sluts just as I would see a woman as a slut. I don't get why it's not the same thing. It's really fucking retarded. I also hate how if a guy fails at hitting on a girl she's a 'bitch' or a 'freezer.' You're just a fucking loser, dude. Don't put it off on the girl.
LadyLilith posted over a year ago
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And I would raise hell on that one guy. If I didn't punch him. If I didn't punch him, I'd make it to where he wished that was all I did.
LadyLilith posted over a year ago
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Grrr......That makes me so annoyed! there was once this song called "Pregnant" with a line going (it was about a women) "put that girl in my kitchen!" i'll post the link, its prety sexist. link
pandawinx posted over a year ago
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Mrs-Grint said:
Well, first off, obviously that women are paid less than men, that women are protrayed more as the housewife, etc. And in Afghanistan women aren't allowed to walk down the streets without their husband or a male relative. Even in South Africa 1 out of 3 girls are expected to finish school, whilst 1 in 2 are expected to be raped at least once in their lives. When I see something like that on TV, on the radio, or even out in the town. It just... really .. pisses me off, y'know?
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Yeah, I do know. It makes me angry that people just let it happen!
-HuddyLove- posted over a year ago
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i did not know a lot of those figures - wow that is really shocking and very upsetting - long live freedom
mooimafish17 posted over a year ago
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I know!! did you know that women in some countries have to walk 10 paces behind there husbands at all times???? O.O WTF to them!
pandawinx posted over a year ago
Dragonclaws said:
Society's obsession with marriage as the most important thing for women. We've got movies like 27 Dresses and Bride Wars that take this idea as a given. As an extension, there's ideas about how women should be in relationships. This kind of stuff ticks me off a lot lately.

(Trying to answer the question as I believe it was meant)
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You did a good job at answering. Kudos! Yeah, that's only SLIGHTLY obnoxious. It really does seem like nowadays, the most amazing and accomplishing thing a woman can do is get married. Not, you know, go to college and get started on a successful career or anything...
LadyLilith posted over a year ago
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i agree, there is much too emphasis on women getting married. its like, that's not ALL i want to do, you know!
sexxiemogirl posted over a year ago
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The huge emphasis on marriage bugs me too, since 2 out of 3 marriages end in divorce anyway.
MyronPwnsBella posted over a year ago
pandawinx said:
The music videos we have now-a-days. The female dancers are often dressed provocativilly, okay, *lutty as if women are just sex objects! i find that so annoying: like if we dont dress like that we're not worth it. I also HATE playboy/girl, NO-ONE should feel like objects, whather male or female!

Oh yeah, i also think the twilight sagas annoyingly sexist. Bella (the main role) always gets safed from danger from her boyfriend, she cant safe herself! its sssooo annoying, like women cant safe themselfs!
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I agree about Twilight. That's so true. Have you been to the CAT spot- we talk about it a lot there.?
MissKnowItAll posted over a year ago
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I was just at the store looking for pajamas and they had a bunch of Playboy themed pajamas for girls!! It was really depressing.
SelinaKyle posted over a year ago
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I agree with everything you said
GeekGirl posted over a year ago
sexxiemogirl said:
lots of stuff like unequal pay, double standards in politics/business/lookism, etc.
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The list goes on and on, I know. :/
LadyLilith posted over a year ago
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yeah, i did a presentation on sexism for my english class, so i unearthed a lot of crazy stuff from research!
sexxiemogirl posted over a year ago
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Such a long list........and thats only half of it.
pandawinx posted over a year ago
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i know. it makes me so angry!!!!
sexxiemogirl posted over a year ago
LoopyLuna96 said:
In my town, the women are paid less than men for the same job. It's been brought up by someone, and there's a huge case about it. The council won't pay up, and it's all been going on for years now.
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I really hope that that draws to a close soon! I don't see how businesses can pay women less than men, it's ridiculous!
LadyLilith posted over a year ago
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Your council is obviously either unaware of this, or just plain sexist!
pandawinx posted over a year ago
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Just plain sexist. They keep appealing.
LoopyLuna96 posted over a year ago
SouthParkSmart said:
What I think is misogynistic is how men (or even some women) will insist that that if lesbians have sex, it is not really sex because no penis is involved.

Also, the whole psychological idea of penis envy, and how it is still believed today. And how if a girl doesn't have a dad, society thinks that is really unhealthy. It doesn't matter if she doesn't have a mom OR if a boy doesn't have a mother.
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frankie_fan said:
I agree with all the above answers but I really hate that the media thinks that women should be married or have childern. I'm not against these things but not ALL women HAVE to be married or have childern. It's their choice. On facebook, I was looking through the likes and one said "four Things Every Girl Wants In Life 1- Find a boyfriend, 2- Find true love, 3- Get Married, 4- Start a Family". Not to mention there was many likes on that one. That really pissed me off.
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Agreed, this obsession over children is really pissing me off. It's like a woman is at first defined as a mother. I know that some women who don't have children are really despised, even by other women (who are mothers). Let the women have the choice to have a child or not.
xleeloo posted over a year ago
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uhuh, i personally would like to start a family, but i'll let it come to me in time, i don't want to rush into it when i just 16 or have 10 kids and wanting more. Also i find it sexist how if you decide not to have children, socitety seems to hate you. you haven't given birth? society hates you. You had a abortion? society hates you.
pandawinx posted over a year ago
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I would like to have children at some point, but I don't want any pressure from the society.
xleeloo posted over a year ago
xleeloo said:
I know it's not such a big deal for some people, but I don't like the fact that a woman who is getting married HAS inevitably to choose her husband's name. I always felt like the woman's identity was confused with her husband's. I know the law in some countries lets the choice to the women, but in France for example, if a woman wants to give her child her name, she can only if the husband is okay with it. The child has by default his father's name.

And also, the usage of "Miss" which is useless and old school. Well, and the equivalent for men? None.
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It is a big deal, xleeloo! i totally agree, which is why i have a combo fo both my parents names. :)
pandawinx posted over a year ago
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I would like to have my mother's name, though I don't know if I can change my name. :(
xleeloo posted over a year ago
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I completely agree with you. The name is , at least symboallicay if not othewise, a part of one's identiy and that it is expected the woman is the one who should just give it up and embrace her husband's is annoying,
Slayerette89 posted over a year ago
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Oh and I forgot to comment on the other part with which I completely agree with as well. Your example with titles is anouther illustration that being married is still condidered important for women. Hopefully some day the Miss and Mrs forms will be replaced by Ms. I know many people think it's just a nuisance to insist on such changes in language, but since language does reflect certain social attitudes, I think it does not harm ridding it of sexism.
Slayerette89 posted over a year ago
MyronPwnsBella said:
First of all, I don't like how most of the people against women's reproductive rights are men, yet they themselves will never ever be pregnant. They're never going to know what it's like for women, so how could they possibly know from experience, what's best for them. And I'm not really talking about doctors at all, I'm talking about men outside of the medical field.

Second of all, Bella Swan. She is, IMO, the WORST female character ever! She's always dependent on Edward or Jacob for everything, she whines like a little baby when she can't be with Eddie, AND the scary thing is that girls actually look up to her. Seriously, I think because of her, instead of girls wanting to be strong, independent (this doesn't necessarily mean single) women who respect themselves and can stand on their own two feet, girls are going to be airheaded, dependent women who play fairytale princess and depend on men to solve all their problems or rescue them.
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First of all, I don't like how most of the people against women's reproductive rights are men, yet they themselves will never ever be pregnant. They're never going to know what it's like for women, so how could they possibly know from experience, what's best for them. And I'm not really talking about doctors at all, I'm talking about men outside of the medical field.

Second of all, Bella Swan. She is, IMO, the WORST female character ever! She's always dependent on Edward or Jacob for everything, she whines like a little baby when she can't be with Eddie, AND the scary thing is that girls actually look up to her. Seriously, I think because of her, instead of girls wanting to be strong, independent (this doesn't necessarily mean single) women who respect themselves and can stand on their own two feet, girls are going to be airheaded, dependent women who play fairytale princess and depend on men to solve all their problems or rescue them.
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