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Why not just be a humanist?

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Pickles Mon 03-Nov-14 04:08:45

Now, I realize feminism isn't man-hating, thinking woman are superior to men, ect. but the original idea of feminism has been tainted and distorted by so many that most people just identify the word feminist or a feminist as a man hater.

So, what I don't understand is, if feminism is just fighting for gender equality, why not just be a humanist and not have to worry about the pre-set views on feminism due to radicals?

pompa Mon 03-Nov-14 20:39:16

"I doubt that many men are first in line for staying home for the washing machine repair man either."
No, we have to repair it when we get home from work ! Along with maintaining the car, mower etc. We all have our place.

rosequartz Mon 03-Nov-14 20:45:43

To be scrupulously fair, POGS I think it was reported in the press today that in fact Miliband had put about 70p into the tin. Not as much as the sausage cost him!

Ariadne Mon 03-Nov-14 20:46:40

Agree, durhamjen! The women who made the t shirts are the people about whom we should be thinking, not any of our publicity seeking MPs (of all parties)

Ana Mon 03-Nov-14 21:01:48

Quite! Which is the point made in the links posted by me and rosequartz!

Ana Mon 03-Nov-14 21:05:06

Or rather, 'the link', as it was the same one.

durhamjen Mon 03-Nov-14 22:50:02

According to the girl, Miliband was the only man in a suit who gave her anything, so she thought he was kind and would vote for him if she could.

BigGranny Tue 04-Nov-14 03:33:47

To those of you who are feminists or humanists should now click the back button and choose another topic to read...this is for progressive minded people who see males being superior to females and want to help shape human civilization into something new and masculine.

How are men better, you ask?

1. Men handle their finances better. Women are to blame for the world's financial crisis, and so enslaving women would eliminate debt and bring fix the economy.

2. Men are smarter, therefore, women are not worthy of freedom.

3. Women are the cause of unemployment. Making them serve men alone and not allow them to work would completely diminish the unemployment crisis in the US of A.

4. Men have muscles, women are weak and so don't deserve to be considered humans.

To be perfectly honest punishing women who commit domestic/make disparaging sexist remarks, abuse is not enough, and will not be enough until every woman who doesn't live up to her boyfriend's or husband's expectations, hewould be within his right to have her euthanized. Before that can happen though we need to change our attitudes about the value of women, and a complete redefinition on ethical standards.

If we ever want anything that resembles a utopian society, we need to domesticate the heterosexual female. We must reeducate the entire Earthling populace that hetero-females must be regarded as pets, they shouldn't be abused (they would have the same rights afforded to animal pets, like dogs and cats) but they should not have the amount of rights as humans do.

There are plenty of women who would agree with me. They're called "beta-females", though I do believe that most women do have an instinctual need to serve men, and those who claim not to have been brainwashed by pre-conceived notions and constraints based on societal expectations.

Women are responsible for all the worlds problems and bloodshed. I believe us men shall enslave their race in the future and make them our pets, treat them like dirt, and use them only to pleasure and serve us.

Anyone think as I do?

Pickles Tue 04-Nov-14 04:37:12

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Holy Jesus.

durhamjen Tue 04-Nov-14 07:54:03

Apparently from today women are working for free, as their pay on average is only 80% of the equivalent man's pay.
Time to strike?

Elegran Tue 04-Nov-14 09:40:55

BigGranny - A Ferenghi in Star-Trek many years ago was appalled at the way Earthmen treated their women "You allow your females to WEAR CLOTHES?"

soontobe Tue 04-Nov-14 09:50:08

The bible was written in its time.
It would have been very odd if Jesus came when he did, and acted as if he was in the 21st Century!