I've had the hardest time trying to post this - the server keeps hanging up or my net keeps bottoming out. By now it's all repeated points, I'm sure. I'm stubborn and don't care. LOL
First and foremost I would like to add that I am personally against feminism due to the idea that feminism does not universally address the problems of all women (hence the notion of Black Feminist, Muslim Feminist etc), rather I believe the women's suffrage movement was more appropriately in addressing the sexism portrayed by white patriarchy in its time of development.
I don't believe you oppose feminism:
Do you believe that a man/woman who work the same exact job with similar employment history/credentials should receive the same pay?
Right to vote?
Right to attend college (or choose not to) for whatever degree said individual desires?
Career can be what one chooses?
Parenting is optional?
In regard to parenting - is it up to her to decide if she's going to parent at all while being stay at home mother / married / single / employed?
Right to own property (vehicles, land, etc).
Right to own/run one's own business venture?
Birth control (in general - not talking specifics of R40 vs R10 or something like that) - but in general, should birth control be legal? (because at one point in our history - it was 100% illegal, even condoms)
So on - so forth. These are the core elements of feminism in general. If you oppose any of these - then you oppose feminism in some sense. I doubt this applies to you. In fact - it doesn't apply to the average US citizen these days.
Also, if you took the time to learn about the history of feminism and racism - you'll realize that racism was never a blanket issue that all white people (or white women as you claim it applies) believed in or held onto. NOT EVERYONE was racist. To claim that it ignored minorities shows misinformation and false conclusions. It also shows that you don't fully understand the other things that DID affect women of minority in various parts of the country.
I think that studying such things would be very educational for you.
According to some feminist, feminist philosophy is about equality and about challenging patriarchy,
Studying all the many different 'views' of feminism - you'll see the things I mentioned above in the list are a standard that - no matter how nitty gritty, or simple, someone's views are - they still hold belief in these as a standard . . . and we deviate on all other things.
I agree to disagree with some of these more specific and less important issues that you raise (aka - the following)
feminism does not challenge notions of social biases towards women such as child support (which displays a clear bias towards women),
How exactly does it display a bias? I see bias in the default of giving custody (which is leaning away from the gender-standard of believing that women are always best for the child to be with)
journalism (male reporters are barred from entering the locker rooms of female athletes, but women aren't),
There's no reason for them to be THERE at all. . . so I disagree with permitting them in (if they really are - I don't keep up with sports enough to know)
So I agree to disagree with them on this - and wonder just how on earth it might have come about. But I don't care enough to research it.
and societal depictions of female frailty (men shouldn't hit women, but men are expected to take assaults from women).
I'm unfamiliar with this idea that it's ok for women to hit men as I don't support anyone going around smacking the other to begin with. However, men often encourage each other to tolerate more physical affronts and are less likely to report, take action, or take deep, personal offense in such situations. Women (not all - a generalized term, here) still cling to some views and men still cling to other views.
I classify this as a more serious concern because i just oppose violence as a solution or outlet of emotion aside organized sports.
The 'men shouldn't hit women' irritates me in particular because it just fosters females who look at their self as being incapable and less able no matter what - and thusly, self centered and conceited, stuck up, and rude.
Who fosters this more, though? Men - or women?
I started a related thread several months back - and men were more than likely to stand up and say 'yes, I hold to gender-biased views and I prefer it that way'
I've even seen some hardcore feminist (most notably Catherine Mackinnon) assert that softcore pronography objectifies women, and that male objectification is not objectification because pornography is about enticing men and satisfying patriarchy
Well she's a moron - I dig porn and I write erotica. . . and the majority of romance/erotica readers ARE female - though men indulge often, as well. Thus - I disagree with her on that. Porn isn't JUST for men . . . obviously she's assuming that all women look at porn the same way she does: assumptions are dangerous beasts.
Women like her I label as 'Femi-nazis' and they offend me because they assert their opinion and claim 'all women feel ___' or 'all women are ___' . . . Which I spite more than anything.
I would like any self-acclaimed feminist if they would, address some societal double standards that feminism does not address?
All of the things I could think of were small, minor - things like dating etiquette and such. The more important things (what I've mentioned) are taking a more balanced-stage these days and those are the things I'm more concerned with overall.