JNathanK wrote:
i actually met a girl recently irl that got on the topic of feminism and her Lesbian orientation, which she felt went hand in hand. I actually liked her on many levels until she got to this topic, and it seemed like the only way I was going to get positive feedback from her was from undermining my own masculinity. For this reason I told her I didnt really want to talk gender politics. She seemed like a really hurt person in some ways and was very bitter. She didn't really hate me in a general sense, but I felt a strong resentment from her for me being a heterosexual male specifically. If I talked to her in some feminist protest, heard clips from her feminist radio show on Rush Limbaugh, or got in some argument with her over the internet, I probably would have had a much more negative view of her. However, since I met her in real life through a mutual friend and saw her as a multi-dimmensional person, not just one dimmensional snippets u get through the internet or talk radio.
My first gf was like this, but not lesbian. I think you have to be able to distinguish between their resentment of "men" collectively and the fact that they probably don't resent you as a person. It's like me with NTs. I hate NT's, but just because someone is an NT doesn't mean I'm going to hate that particular person.
And this is the most extreme version of feminism. Most feminists probably wouldn't say they hate or resent men but, rather, hate and resist traditional gender roles and/or capitalism. And I do too. If it weren't for "traditional gender roles" that feminism tries to tear down, I wouldn't be expected to "be a man" and ask women out and do all the other bull crap that "men" are supposed to do because they are "men."
I think most feminists hate sexism, which can come from women too, not just men.
12 Feb 2013, 2:58 am
