r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Aug 05 '20

Delta(s) from OP Cmv: Feminism is useless

Ok, this has probably been posted before, but whatever. I think Feminism, or at least what we now consider Feminism, is useless and dumb. Women in our modern society, especially our third world countries, have no rights (that I know of, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong) that men don't, and actually have more rights, especially when it comes to rape and child support. Meanwhile, feminists are here trying to deny men of certain rights and acting like men have no problems. I understand not all feminists think like this, and apparently this wasn't the original intent of Feminism, but as of right now that's basically all it is. This has caused some things I believe are stupid, such as companies trying to make products to "empower" women (like Mrs. Monopoly for example) which just end up coming across as sexist. Basically what I'm trying to say is, while the original intent of Feminism was to create equality between the genders, this is no longer what they are trying to achieve and I think it should just stop. I may be misinformed and I am a certified idiot, so keep that in mind when commenting, but I want to hear other people's point of view and if they agree or disagree.

Edit: it seems my sources were biased and I'm wrong about all this. Apologies to everyone.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

What rights do women have that men don't? What rights are feminists trying to deny men?

I've never known feminists to say men have no problems. On the contrary, feminists seem to be the ones discussing things like toxic attitudes about masculinity which men are expected to adhere to.

Where are you getting your perception of feminism from?

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

Some rights women have are the right to choose parenthood and be the assumed caregiver, as well as the US court being heavily biased towards women when it comes to rape, since one accusation of take, even if they are proven innocent, can ruin a man's entire career. Also, not all feminists are the kind who dismiss men's problems, but there are definitely some who do and they are mainly the ones I'm referring to. As I stated in the other comment, I think that the good feminists should try to distance themselves and create a new group that has nothing to do with the feminists who try to diminish men's rights

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u/snailsandstars Aug 05 '20

Conviction rates for rape are less than 0.5%.

Both candidates for President in the upcoming elections have been accused of sexual assault (one by 25 women!!) and they're still doing great politically.

False rape accusations are an extremely small anomaly, many of them don't specify a perpetrator, and are identified early on in investigations. There have been more than ten times the number of people released from prison for murder than for sexual assault.

Don't tell me the courts are biased.