boo boo

Let it remain a mystery, figuring it out is part of the fun.

It's also wrong to assume that I don't socialize with women at all or don't know anything about them. That's wrong because I lived my whole life around women, and I feel like I understand them more than I do men a lot of times, but then again I really don't understand people in general. I never had a lot of men in my life.

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boo boo

I'm sorry, it's generalizing when you imply that a whole group does it because a minority does it, which is what I'm trying to avoid, I mean i already knew that's what people were going to accuse me of doing, because so many people like to throw that word around not knowing what it actually means, but whatever.

I'm very clearly talking about radicals here, and you know, I don't understand the logic of "well there's also people who aren't radicals, so for the sake of political correctness let's never have discussions about radicals EVER". And I have that problem with Islam too, even some of the moderate Muslims seem to be so incredibly delusional that they think radical Islam should NEVER be discussed, as if it's not relevant and you'd have to be a goddamn idiot to think it isn't.

Anyway, I guess it was the title. *Changed*

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Barnard17

And the fact that in your rant you make very few specific references to radicalism, and don't go to real lengths to establish there's a significant difference between radicals and moderates. But no, I'm sure people are getting uppity based purely on the title.

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boo boo

Because I thought people would just figure out right off the bat what I was talking about.

There were moments where I clearly said "radical feminism" and I felt that was clear enough, I didn't have to say word in every paragraph.

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Barnard17

This is the internet. People would far rather presume idiocy and have an argument.

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Double X

I just think its stupid that when women choose to get a job they are appluaded for it, but it is humiliating for men to become house husbands?

(I wish I could be a house husband so I could cook all day)

Astronomer

I don't think it's humiliating for men to become house husbands at all. I think it comes down to choice and whatever choice the man/woman chooses then that's great.

Women are usually the ones that stay at home because from the moment the baby is born it needs its mother more than it needs its father - it's a biological fact. The woman is the one with boobs and milk and the one with the inherent motherly skills. This isn't saying that the woman should always be the housewife, because certainly men can too, but this is the reason why most women feel that they have to be the ones to stay at home and look after the children.

Also, being a housewife/husband is more than just chilling out at home and cooking. Looking after a baby or children is hard work. And sociological studies have shown that even when the MAN decides to be the househusband and the woman decides to work fulltime, the women still ends up coming home and doing most of the housework/childbearing. It's referred to as the 'second shift.' Work and family. The "second shift"

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Double X

No no no no I am perfectly aware that being a house husband is hard work. But part of me can't stand working in a regular job, wasting hours commuting, dealing with crappy bosses, etc. if that makes any sense.

And it isn't humiliating to me, you are right-but there is a big negative connotation with it. I know plenty of guys who would look down on me if I became one. Similar to being a nurse, it is sadly not respectable for some reason.

Astronomer

Yeah I know exactly what you mean, it does suck that that kind of attitude still exists in society with men who choose to be househusbands or nurses or other 'feminine' jobs. The ultimate problem is freedom of choice, that women AND men should choose to do whatever THEY want to do and have the opportunity to do it just as much as the other sex, and have the freedom to not be ridiculed for it.

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Double X

I agree, like I see no problem with a women becoming a soldier, but she would get harassed for sure. People like to claim that radical feminism is terrible and whatnot (this thread), but women are still definitely underrepresented in certain work fields and it is taboo for men to enter certain fields as well.