You’d be correct that my point of view is more rights based and less emotional for a better word of it. I certainly understand the history of women being oppressed, but at the same time we are living in an age where both sexes have more and more equal rights (rights in terms of the law, not socially created ones). I base my opinion on my observations of the real world, which certainly can be flawed, and on basic reasoning and logic. I, personally, have never seen a woman oppressed, not in a class/group based fashion. My wife has had to deal with a sexist boss, but I don’t consider that some wide spread sign of female oppression by men. To me it’s the same type of issue that even though I’m a white male (with all my privilege - sarcasm), at work I am treated differently because I am not the same race as my boss. That’s racism - and yes in my world it works in every direction. But it’s not something I experience 24/7 in my life, so I work with it the best I can and move on. It’s being created by an individual, not a class or group, ie in a couple more generations hopefully things like this improve and begin to die out.
I point about the power over men issue only really crops up at your extremes. I think for the most part people want to be seen as equal, or at least as equal as they would like to be. I’m sure there are some women who want to dominate the men in their lives, just like I’m sure there are men who want to be controlled by a woman - nothing wrong with either one as long as everyone is on the same page. I think there are women (just like their are men in the MR area) that get some wrapped up in feminism and the history of oppression that it becomes a way of life for them (and not in a good way). These type of people exist in every group, where they can’t step back and see everything from both or multiple sides. You end up with people who do nothing but spout back what/who they feel is wrong without evidence:
-he’s wrong because he’s a man
-they are wrong because they are liberals/tea party/conservative
It’s shitty because a lot of these people can do better, they just have to be willing to apply some mental ability and think about things for themselves.
