Girls and Guys (and any others also) Has real feminism died?

If you're deconstructing the idea of 'woman' and the gender/sex binaries, then how is it even feminism? Feminism strikes me, by definition, as being rather concerned with gender.

First off, I'm only talking about Britain here. Before others pounce on me and talk about other countries.

And, well... yeah, I think so. "Women, get back in the kitchen!" jokes and banter aside, I don't really see any need for a feminist movement now.

Women now have the exact same rights and opportunities as men have. Hell, maybe even more, what with the desperate, constantly-trying-to-be-PC society we live in. If anyone were to discriminate against a women in anyway, they'd have the book thrown at them quicker than you can say "lawsuit." You don't really see any sexism anymore, and a woman is free now to do anything she wants. I don't see a point in it.

First off, I'm only talking about Britain here. Before others pounce on me and talk about other countries.

And, well... yeah, I think so. "Women, get back in the kitchen!" jokes and banter aside, I don't really see any need for a feminist movement now.

Women now have the exact same rights and opportunities as men have. Hell, maybe even more, what with the desperate, constantly-trying-to-be-PC society we live in. If anyone were to discriminate against a women in anyway, they'd have the book thrown at them quicker than you can say "lawsuit." You don't really see any sexism anymore, and a woman is free now to do anything she wants. I don't see a point in it.



Something funny?

Just accept that women have particularities, the same way men do.

And on top of this, girls are 10 times more likely to have an eating disorder than men. They're 5 times more likely to be sexually assaulted, 9 times more likely to be raped.

Research post-structuralist feminism. Or read Judith Butler, or some queer theory.

I believe that men are more likely to be victims of ongoing domestic abuse (I can attempt to dig up the source for that). On top of that, I could probably google a list of things that are more likely to happen to men.

That's not an argument for non-equality. And, that's because equal rights is not the same as identical rights.

In any case, deconstructing gender ideas is ridiculous.

Just out of interest, why do you reject the post-modern feminist theory that the genders are different but equal, and societal norms have converged to suit this?

Feminists seem to think that women are equal to men. But it's not that simple : 1 = 1, but A =/= B =/= C [...]
They should be respected as much as men, have the very same rights, but I still have a penis, and thus am entitled to being different than women.
Voting rights ? Obvious. Equal pay ? Seems obvious as well. I'm all for scraping altogether the word "man" and "woman" from law, and replace it with "individuals".
Now please don't force me to become like Justin Bieber.
Just because you can't have a penis doesn't mean you get to castrate us.
Men aren't supposed to be hairless and cry all the time while being sensitive and speak all day long of poetry and flowers.

Just accept that women have particularities, the same way men do.
If you want to make us all be the same, I might as well turn gay, at least my partner will understand me better.

I do welcome neg rep. from frustrated feminazis though.

And you could probably find a list of things that are more likely to happen to men, but I doubt they'd trump poverty and rape, tbh.

Yeah, most of what your saying is.

Women are poorer than men. 70% of the world's poorest citizens are female. They have less savings, more unmanageable debt, lower incomes, and less say in policy changes regarding them. They occupy far less positions of power, career wise- 11% of directors of the UK's top 100 companies are women. They're more likely to become unpaid carers for relatives, and to bear the cost of raising children.

And on top of this, girls are 10 times more likely to have an eating disorder than men. They're 5 times more likely to be sexually assaulted, 9 times more likely to be raped.

But women still get paid less than men for equal work. (source: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=167)

So, what about the direct experiences of a male rape victim to a female rape victim? (ETA: Although I understand that you're making sweeping generalisations about whole aspects of society, what your generalisation does is undermine the horrific experiences of the male rape victim, male in poverty, male abuse victim etc.)

And, to be honest - it sounds as though you are making yourself a victim simply because you have a vagina. Personally, I don't let my vagina hold me back or make me unnecessarily angry or negative.

As I said previously - I believe in equality and don't condone misandry any more than I condone misogyny

The last century was greatly important regarding women rights and the idea of what feminism was could be clearly seen. What is feminism doing today? Don't misinterpret me, I know there are still few groups fighting for that, but I cannot see the same spirit of the last century. Feminism as a whole has been reduced to attend some irrelevant meetings with no real future or participating in the Day of Women (it means that we reckognize women fully for a day and then we forget about it). Where is the feminism today? Has the X Factor,soap-operas kind of television programmes, female magazines and another **** destroyed it? Let's start a hot debate

Do you know anything about gender studies, or do you have any informed reason for dismissing its entire sphere?

1) Pulling crappy statistics out of nowhere doesn't hide the fact that your poverty figures stem from the fact extreme poverty is so stressful that it implies high rates of birth, which in turns prevents women from having a decent career.

Lower incomes come from the fact that in a very primitive environment (ie. Africa, rural China - areas that inflate your figures because of absurdly high population), women can't be as useful as men (I'm speaking of manual labour involving lifting weights). Brainpower is equivalent to men, but you can only use your brain if you have an education, which isn't the case in the poorest countries. You don't have the same amount of muscles, however, so you are basically useless in Somalia, Bangladesh and other God-forsaken countries.

2) Women don't place the same emphasis on careers, as they are far less competitive, psychology-wise (speaking of HURRR DURRR penis contests here). Women simply aren't interested in becoming an executive. They have no trouble though dominating very challenging areas of intellectual expertise, such as Law, Literature, Psychology, Geopolitics, Sociology... If you can be a lawyer (law pratices are full of women), you can be an IT engineer, unless you don't want to, which as it happens, is exactly why there are few women engineers.

They bear the cost of raising children because they actually do bear children. Men don't become pregnant, surprise ! And HR managers can't trust the pregnancy variable not to hit them during critical times. So it's a rational decision. But being happy doesn't mean having a great career you know... That's typical man-thinking, and that's no flattery, since we are supposedly savage beasts.
Rejoice in the fact that you live way longer than us for starters.

As for the rape statistics, it does show you are actually superior to us, since you don't need to use rape as a means to reach sexual - and personal - gratification.

And I'd argue that this isn't so much a problem of inequality as much as a problem of education and security. Don't go around at night dressed provocatively, because some proportion of men will always be retarded Neanderthals, no matter what you do. I don't complain that a proportion of women are gold diggers, because there's no way that will ever change, so don't be retarded and ask rape to cease to exist.
Both genders are populated with a number of retards. Aformentioned retards abuse of their position in different manners. That's all there is to it.