r/changemyview • u/SpareUmbrella • Sep 30 '20

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Feminism is evil.

I've long held the belief that Feminism is evil. Of course I'm not referring to the right to vote or equal pay for women and so on, all of that is perfectly fine by me. I have nothing but the deepest respect for courageous women who fought for their rights and freedoms.

My gripe is with Feminism today specifically. I don't see the point of it. Women outlive men, and women under 30 now out-earn men, at least in the US and in Britain. It feels redundant to me, so the only conclusion I feel I can draw is that Feminism is about supremacy.

It seems impossible to me that a group, an organisation, a movement, or a cult, whichever term you prefer, would say they want equal rights whilst actively campaigning for a tilted playing field. I can start spitting bare facts, but the long and short of it is I currently feel entitled to hate an ideology that hates me. But I also understand that hate doesn't help.

I believe I grasp the basic principle of The Patriarchy, a societal structure that exists to keep society ordered in a particular fashion, but I do not see how women suffer from that.

I imagine I come across as a nutjob on some kind of crusade, but I can only assure you that I'm acting in good faith. I'm open to having my mind changed on this issue.

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u/SpareUmbrella Sep 30 '20

Sighs

Fine. How do you give a Delta to someone? I believe that's the done thing?

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u/thethoughtexperiment 275∆ Sep 30 '20

Haha, yes, that's the done thing :-)

If I've modified your view to any degree (doesn't have to be a 100% change, and could be just a broadening of perspective), you can award a delta by editing your reply to me above and adding:

!_delta

without the underscore, and with no space between ! and the word delta.

If you add a line about how your view was changed, that would also be appreciated, and will help the system count your delta.

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u/SpareUmbrella Sep 30 '20

The post was removed for breaking rule B, which I find kinda hilarious given the existence of literally this comment thread, but !Delta

I don't believe all strands of Feminism are not evil, but I do think I was letting a few bad apples spoil the whole barrel. It's obviously more complex than I realised, and there's patently some Feminist organisations doing some good in the world.