That Zephyr Guy
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"What about men wearing skirts"
"What about men wearing makeup"
"How come custody cases show bias towards women than men?"
"How come people make fun of stay at home dads?"
"How come rape cases with men as victims aren't taken seriously?"
That's a list of the most common complain of this category I hear when people talk about women's rights, and that's okay because these are totally justified and understandable complaints.
But look at them carefully and tell me what all of them have in common? I don't wanna make this convoluted or like some sort of quiz so I'll just tell you: all of those things are considered to be typically feminine. Let's go down the list and I'll explain.
Men get made fun of wearing skirts because they're considered women's clothing. Women don't get made fun nearly as much for wearing something traditionally masculine such as a suit, and when they are the people doing so are usually made fun of more.
Men get made fun of for wearing make up for similar reasons, though I can't really think of something that men are expected to wear that would be in equivalence with makeup.
Women are shown to be given more bias in custody cases because men are traditionally seen as lesser parents - meaning that being a caretaker is seen as traditionally feminine, and men should never be feminine ever. (Sarcasm)
A similar line of thought can be applied to stay at home dads. Stay at home moms is a traditionally feminine "ideal", so when it's applied to a man people recoil at it.
And finally, rape cases for men aren't taken as seriously because of a few reasons:
1- Many people believe men LOVE sex. They can't get enough of it. They're like sharks.
Conversely, many people believe that women DESPISE sex. They always try to avoid it. (Insert marriage jokes)
2- The same people have the idea that men are almost always more physically capable than men. They're stronger, faster, etc.
You can debate the second one all you want, but when these two ideas mix together, then OBVIOUSLY the man wasn't raped, he WANTED to have sex, and how in the world could a woman who DOESN'T force it onto him? And even if it were true HOW could she do it? (Sarcasm)
I went off on a bit of a tangent there, but let me tie it all together with this:
TL;DR
The reason why I believe it's still called feminism, isn't just because the coin was termed back when the goal was women's suffrage, but because nowadays the idea is to give all genders the opportunity to practice both masculine and feminine roles however they like without either being shunned for it. This goal, however, has to particularly emphasize the feminine aspect, because it's the same feminine aspect that's shunned when it's applied to a man.
So yes, feminism applies to men just as much as it applies to women.
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