Feminism has been the forefront of society's
greatest struggles to end gender discrimination and prejudice, along with
abolition. Fighting the unequal standards of both men and women has been a
"metaphorical war" in the sense between those who support feminism
and those who oppose it. Similarly, slaves have fought the same “metaphorical
war” to gain justice for their cruel role in society as mere animals and
property. The reason people, particularly men have opposed feminism is for a
numerous amount of reasons, such as sustaining male supremacy, ego, and
traditional thinking, similar to the dominant males of white society who deemed
themselves superior to African Americans. However, the greatest barrier between
males and females in present day is the false portrayal of modern feminism on
numerous outlets, such as social media. The misconception of feminism for what
it actually represents is the main issue in creating continual progress of
equality.
Feminism was solely created by women to reach
equality between both genders after being oppressed by men throughout all of history.
Abolition was created for the similar reason of separating slaves from
slaveholders and gaining equal rights in society, just like women. Many
activists from both causes see that this equality hasn’t been achieved because
of the same reason it failed to reach success in the past. Anybody who has
power will not willingly let it go or agree to share it with someone else.
Males, especially white domineering males of the past have naturally gained the
right to supremacy through their traditional role of both physical and mental
strength. Men who have these characteristics or simply have the gender to
represent it remind women of their gender bias on social platforms, such as
Twitter to sustain their high social standing. One social media account famous
for conveying this message on a daily basis is known as "Menimists",
a male supremacy group on the Internet. This page is dedicated to empowering
men by degrading merely women. As a result of the negative responses to
feminism, many activists react by directing negative language and blame on the
male population for their appeasement.
The irrational and anger driven solution to sexism
by some feminists has been to target all men on social media for whatever issue
that seems to be on hand. By using hashtags, such as #killallmen, feminists
have made it permissible to use negative language and tone for getting their
point across. However, what feminists do not understand when spreading messages
like this is that they portray the opposite of everything they are trying to
achieve. The one and only goal of feminism is to advocate equality for both
genders, however, in this case feminists only convey the desire to eliminate
men and initiate supremacy for women.
Both argument strategies by men and women are the
everlasting boundary between male and female equality, and can only be
connected again if there is mutual understanding between both genders. Language
and communication are the greatest tools humans have. Using positive language
to get a perspective across and influence close-minded mentalities is the
only way to reach success in the fight for equality.
Kaba, Mariame, Andrea Smith, Lori Adelman, and Roxane Gay.
"Where Twitter and Feminism Meet." The Nation. N.p., 17
Apr. 2014. Web. 09 Jan. 2016.
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