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: 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. Are there feminists out there who hate men? Yes. I certainly don’t hate men (and, as far as I know, I’ve never met any feminists who do), but this is a big, crowded world we’re living in, and I’m sure there are people who both describe themselves as feminists and who claim to hate the entire male gender. And that sucks. But that bias against men isn’t embedded in feminism, which is about equality and improving women’s lives so that they can achieve equal rights and opportunities — not punishing or denigrating men.