Title: 5 Arguments Feminists Are Tired of Having
Headings: 5 Arguments Feminists Are Tired of Having
5 Arguments Feminists Are Tired of Having
1. Being a feminist does not mean you hate men.
2. Feminists are not campaigning for female supremacy or “special treatment” for women.
3. Feminists are not all the same, and they don’t all believe the same things.
4. Yes, a man can be a feminist.
5. The idea that sexism is dead and now everything is perfect and we don’t need feminism anymore.

Content: These arguments have been happening for decades and they should keep happening because, to put it mildly, this sh*t is complicated. The object of feminism is simple (the “economic, political, and social equality of the sexes,” thanks Merriam Webster ), but the execution of that goal is anything but. There needs to be ongoing, attentive conversation about how feminism approaches the complexity of human identity and experience and how to move forward in ways that are inclusive and effective. But then there are other arguments that inevitably pop up over and over and over that make me think, “ This again?” Often rooted in false stereotypes and misreadings of the basic meaning of feminism, these are debates that will not die. I can’t speak for all feminists (nor do I want to), but these are a few of the debates about feminism that I, a feminist human, am tired of having: 1. Being a feminist does not mean you hate men. “Feminism is anti-men” is probably the most prevalent stereotype of feminism there is, and it’s false. As Bustle’s JR Thorpe has described, the stereotype that feminism is anti-male comes from a long history of anti-feminist activism bent on discrediting the women’s movement by portraying its supporters as unnatural, angry, hysterical, and ugly.