Jho

Jho OP , 5 months ago

If you believe men are having a hard time, then feminism is right up your alley, isn't it?

Yes, this should be the case from what my understanding of feminism is.

That said, I think there's an increasing confusion as to what feminism is. There isn't really one "feminism". Not all people who call themselves feminists have the same set of ideals. There are lots of different types of feminists (of which some I would say are absolutely not feminists e.g. TERFs).

So when someone says they think feminism is harmful, such as in this survey, I don't really have a clear idea as to what exactly it is that they're opposing.

My understanding of feminism is, to put it briefly "we need to destroy the current status quo that certain genders should fulfil certain roles or exhibit certain behaviours, which is something that negatively impacts everyone regardless of gender". I can't imagine any reasonable person would think this is a harmful goal.