Answering Questions

A young man emailed me asking me a bunch of questions. Here are my replies which were made hastily, given the broadness of the questions (answered late at night so excuse the occasional misplaced word I am sure is in there).

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"Do you think the feminist movement is doing more harm or good to our society?"

At the moment, the feminist movement is doing more harm to society. When feminism was in the ascendancy there is no question that it did good things, as a libertarian/classical liberal, all peoples of society must face no systemic governmental discrimination based upon skin colour or sex. However, in our modern times, in the western world, feminism has become a vanguard of the radical left and political correctness and thus poses a number of problems.
They stand in opposition to reality and science. As the David Reimer case demonstrated. There have been number of abandoned (or played down) feminist anti-science positions. From men and women being the same, to gender being socially constructed (taken to the physical extremes in the David Reimer case). To the denial of male/female differences today in the equal outcome view of professions (leading to the support of quotas) and the equating of male and female physical attributes as being the same.

(http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20001737-504083.html)

This is merely the tip of the iceberg. This is going to turn into an essay if I were to list the problems in even short detail. In short, I find that they lessen the political discourse, reclassify words, support anti-freedom laws, indoctrinate young women and men into nonsense, make woman less happy, oppress men, make men less happy, and on and on and on.. For more just consult the blogs and my videos.

"what are some things that lead you to believe this?"

My evolution was gradual. I grew up in a leftist household where no hint of anti-feminist spirit existed. I moved away from my family as regards politics because I so fundamentally differed. In short, the less left you are the more likely you are to be anti-feminist.
I never liked feminists as a child, they seemed to have a chip on their shoulders and to be genuinely hate filled and angry. As I grey up and went to university I found that the young women I was going to university with had chips on their shoulders that were completely at odds with their status in society. In short, never had women had so much opportunity but never had they seemed to be be so aggrieved. I tied the behaviour of these young women with victimist movements (I also observed other victims movements) and feminism.

"and finally what do you think might be a solution against feminism?"

The solution is not restricted to feminism. In short, feminism thrives when leftist ideas thrive. Feminism grew out of a cultural attitude of PC. Many other problems stem from this. The solution is for western democracies to turn back the tide of politically correct thinking that they have slid into. Call me a pessimist, but this I think they cannot do. We shall see.