True Feminism vs Popular Feminism

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I realize that I may be young, but that does not preclude me from making judgments on society. Let’s face it. Everything in life as society knows it is controlled by what others think of you. If an interviewer doesn’t think you fit the professional, educated, capable mold that they’re looking for, you aren’t going to get hired. If a customer doesn’t feel think you are qualified to sell them a product, you aren’t going to get that sale. Everything is based on perception and judgment. Often times, I find myself having this one conversation with my oldest sister. She has her group of female friends and I have my group of male friends. She’s also been made well aware of my prejudice against most females in my age bracket (18-29). Normally, the retort she uses is “It’s not wise to hate more than half of the population” or “Your development is sorely lacking if you can’t develop the patience to tolerate other women.” It didn’t occur to me until about two hours before I sat down to write this that her view is affected by the noticeable age gap between us. She’s in her fifties. Society has changed a lot, especially women. Feminism had already been born a considerable time before I and my peers were. And so, we are the product of the earthquake. Consider us the aftershocks if you will. I can’t really tell you what exactly messed up the whole “woman’s movement”, but I can tell you what kind of disastrous effects it’s had on the female society of the world. I don’t have a degree in sociology and I haven’t conducted mass amounts of interviews. Do you know what qualifies me to speak on the subject? Years and years of sitting back and watching others, those are my credentials.

There are two types of feminism that exist in this world: True Feminism and Popular Feminism. The latter is the kind that’s lead society straight to the sewer. True Feminism is the pursuit of equal terms, acceptance and fairness. Popular Feminism seems to translate into the belief that all men are dogs; women have the right to be promiscuous; and as long as the woman is in total control, she’s independent. First of all let’s deal with this crap about sex and double standards. It’s the biggest joke ever created. The argument is that a man can go out and fornicate with twenty women and he’s labeled “the man” by his boys and women call him a “dog” while a woman can do the same thing with twenty men and men call her a whore. What are her girls calling her? An “independent woman” who goes after what she wants. If she wants to get laid, she goes out and gets laid. What possible double standard is there? Double standards only come into play when women as a group call the chick a “whore” and the man “Casanova”. This day and age women have locked onto this perversion of feminism that is both dangerous and degrading. Being an “independent woman” doesn’t mean going to a club and hitting on a man before he hits on you and then going home to have sex with him. Being an “independent woman” does not mean dating older men to use them for their money, which is in effect turning you into a whore. Being an “independent woman” means educating yourself. It means being self-supportive financially. It means taking steps to achieve your goals and building a family.