I realize this probably isn't going to be a welcome topic to everyone, but it's been on my mind for awhile now and I'd love to get everyone's perspective on this.
I used to spend quite a bit of time on a gender studies forum where we discussed various gender issues in modern society. At that time, I always laughed at the people who said feminism had only served to reverse things, that we were getting to a point where women would become the more privileged sex and it would become commonplace and acceptable for men to be denied equal treatment.
I still think that viewpoint is a big extreme, and I'd say there still are a number of issues related to gender inequality that women have to deal with. But I have to say, in the last few years, I've been startled to see more women adopting and openly expressing an attitude where they feel they are due MORE than men, simply for being born women. I see more and more women saying things that, if the genders were reversed, would be considered horribly oppressive and abusive against women.
I see women rejecting the traditional roles for women, but also expecting men to adhere to their traditional gender roles. The rationalization is often even more disturbing, along the lines of "that's what a real man does/is" or suggesting that it's just such a glorious privilege for a man to be near a woman that he should make it his life's ambition to give her whatever she wants or needs. I see women openly rejoicing about "playing" men, lying to them and manipulating them to get what they want, then disposing of them. I don't doubt that these people would be up in arms if a man talked about women in a way that suggested he regarded them not so much as fellow human beings, but as tools and playthings to be used however he sees fit and then discarded.
Is this commonplace? Has this become acceptable? Why? Are more and more women becoming less interested in equality and more interested in "getting back at" men? Should we expect another backlash against this? Does this attitude further or hinder the women's rights movement? Additional thoughts?




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