Might help also to describe what you think feminism is, since it’s one of those terms that is overloaded.
I once had a physical therapist tell me she wasn’t a feminist because she thought women couldn’t be as physically capable as men when serving as soldiers, and seemed to believe feminism requires treating women exactly like men.
I told her I was a feminist because I believe in equal rights for men and women, an idea she did not seem so opposed to.
No, again, that’s like saying Black Lives Matter held back the anti-racist movement in the US, and that All Lives Matter is the way forward. If the goal is to eliminate sexism, the movement must acknowledge the real struggles facing the world at this moment, which means patriarchy.
No, again. Feminist dogma is holding back minority and women’s struggles just as much if not more than men’s struggles. If the goal is to eliminate sexism, the movement must acknowledge the harmful and outdated ideas are holding gender equality back, which means patriarchy.
No. There isn’t “feminist dogma.” Feminism is not holding women back, nor is feminism holding back men’s struggles. The concept of male-domination of society is not “outdated,” the overwhelming majority of government officials are men, wealth in society is overwhelmingly owned by men, and traditional gender roles still exist and put women as less than men. Both men and women stand to gain from eliminating patriarchy.
You’re fully cedeing the ground to the social reactionaries and MGTOW/Red Pill crowd by doing this.
I think we’re done here.
don’t back out now, if there is feminist dogma you should be able to point to it - what do you think is being missed here, why do you believe feminism is holding back women?
Feminist theory and struggle is not “dogma.” That’s like calling Black Lives Matter “dogma.”