Had an epiphany on feminism

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I know people define feminism in different ways. I always considered myself to be a feminist because I admire strong women and always have since I was a kid.

But as a man I think the issue with my personal attitudes towards women lately is that I have tried too hard to put all women on top of this ridiculous pedestal where to me they are all goddesses and amazons. Which in a way is actually insulting to feminism when you really think about it...

Anyways i think what I am realizing is that the best way for a man to be a true supporter of feminism is not to try to turn every woman into an all-powerful goddess or amazon warrior (and definetly not to assume that any woman being a bully is equated with true empowerment), but to simply acknowledge the many real problems women face in society and to just have empathy for them. Because it seems to me like the problem in our society is that too many men really don't have empathy for women and they don't even bother to try because it's the kind of thing that gets looked down on by other men.

So anyways for me personally I think I'm going to try to accept that women are neither goddesses nor are they all amazons ready to pick up a weapon to fight. They are just people, just as human as my gender but built differently.

What do you guys think? Especially the women on WP?

I read your first paragraph and wanted to say "Why do you only admire strong women?"

Just treat them the same as anyone else, no better and no worse.

Where did I say I ONLY admire strong women, and so what if I do? I was raised by a very capable single mother who was a bigger influence on my life than any man. She filled the roles of both nurturer and provider in my life and she survived rape and abuse.


But you guys are trying to put me down for admiring strength in women when I had a very positive female role model in my life? Yeah whatever...

Oh and for the record, there are plenty of nasty women in this world too who don't deserve respect or admiration.

I'm not putting anyone down. ^
My point is that I had the same thought you did, at the end of your first paragraph.

The meme is also to support what you were saying.

And Dox,
I'm confused.
I agree with you.
I generally don't use words like feminism either.
I consider myself an egalitarian.
I think that's the point of the quote.

I guess I got confused because of all the flame bait dox has been posting everywhere else... maybe im having one of my 'crazy' paranoid times again? I honestly dont know.

My sincerest apologies for that...

But anyways I'm not afraid to identify as a feminist, but I think my views are more old school. Or at least I'm discovering that they should be.