What feminism truly means...

Lately, I've seen a lot of threads bashing feminism and claiming that it doesn't belong in modern society and that feminists are 'stupid'. However, I feel that most people's idea of what feminism actually means is very skewed.
Firstly, feminism is NOT about hating on men. Feminism is against sexism and therefore 'man hating'' is the opposite of its focus. Women who do this are not feminists, they're extremists, even if they claim to be a feminist. Period.
Secondly, whilst feminists believe in equality of the sexes, there is also the understanding that men and women are biologically different. Yes, your average man is stronger than the average woman. This is an indisputable fact.
Feminism believes in equal opportunities, if a woman wants to go out and get a career and maybe do things that are considered 'manly', then she should be able to. Free from discrimination or gender stereotyping. The same goes for any man. Also, feminism is not exclusive to women. Sexism happens against men all the time and it's just as wrong as sexism against women.
Tbh, I thought most of these things were common sense, but clearly they aren't. I feel like this needed to be said as there are probably a lot of feminists on TSR who feel offended by current posters bashing them. Anyways, hopefully someone learns something from this post.

Lately, I've seen a lot of threads bashing feminism and claiming that it doesn't belong in modern society and that feminists are 'stupid'. However, I feel that most people's idea of what feminism actually means is very skewed.
Firstly, feminism is NOT about hating on men. Feminism is against sexism and therefore 'man hating'' is the opposite of its focus. Women who do this are not feminists, they're extremists, even if they claim to be a feminist. Period.
Secondly, whilst feminists believe in equality of the sexes, there is also the understanding that men and women are biologically different. Yes, your average man is stronger than the average woman. This is an indisputable fact.
Feminism believes in equal opportunities, if a woman wants to go out and get a career and maybe do things that are considered 'manly', then she should be able to. Free from discrimination or gender stereotyping. The same goes for any man. Also, feminism is not exclusive to women. Sexism happens against men all the time and it's just as wrong as sexism against women.
Tbh, I thought most of these things were common sense, but clearly they aren't. I feel like this needed to be said as there are probably a lot of feminists on TSR who feel offended by current posters bashing them. Anyways, hopefully someone learns something from this post.

If feminism was about equality it wouldn't be called feminism - the name itself sounds biased.

It's called 'feminism' because females experience the most discrimination. It's still about equality, if men were excluded from this then who would women aim to be equal to? I'm not going to quote statistics at you, you can look those up yourself.

Both sides are equally as ridiculous these days tbh. Pankhurst would bitch-slap so many of these modern feminists.

Yep, the truth is coming out now - feminists don't care about anyone but themselves.

Yep, the truth is coming out now - feminists don't care about anyone but themselves.

It's feminist myth making that makes us even think Pankhurst was good. She was a bigot and a terrorist.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1542248/Suffragettes-were-like-al-Qaeda.html

Would you honestly argue that men are more oppressed than women? Besides, it's pretty widely acknowledged by feminists that men also suffer from sexist beliefs.

Isn't it obvious that men and women cannot be 'equal.' Both sexes are better at different things, it's a known fact that the majority of men are stronger than women and obviously its women who have the ability to have children. So to use equal and imply the 'same' is incorrect. At the end of the day the use of only women candidates for a seat in a constituency is ridiculous, that's what's discriminatory. People need to accept that men and women will never be equal, we are DIFFERENT and thus why should a man and woman be paid the same for work on a building site, if the man can lift more goods? Why should they be paid the same for the same job, if he has more experience and can bring more to the table. The world isn't black and white and quite frankly all of this FEMINism needs to calm its s**t, and yes I am in fact a woman.

Isn't it obvious that men and women cannot be 'equal.' Both sexes are better at different things, it's a known fact that the majority of men are stronger than women and obviously its women who have the ability to have children. So to use equal and imply the 'same' is incorrect. At the end of the day the use of only women candidates for a seat in a constituency is ridiculous, that's what's discriminatory. People need to accept that men and women will never be equal, we are DIFFERENT and thus why should a man and woman be paid the same for work on a building site, if the man can lift more goods? Why should they be paid the same for the same job, if he has more experience and can bring more to the table. The world isn't black and white and quite frankly all of this FEMINism needs to calm its s**t, and yes I am in fact a woman.

Oh by all means, her militant nature in activism was less than tasteful, but at least her cause was a worthy one. Fighting for women to receive equal treatment and to receive the vote is far more worthy than ostracizing men who have been falsely accused of rape, or campaigning to get Page 3 removed.

Neither in the UK are oppressed. Feminists just want to cry about nothing.