Yes

by Graham Tateman

Created on: November 21, 2009

This question depends on the spectrum of feminism. Feminism in itself is a very needed and good thing. It demands the respect and dignity that should be afforded to all human beings. There are cetain groups of individuals who lean towards the radical side of things, both male and female believe it or not, and try to push an agenda that is bad for the family structure, and the country as a whole.

Radical feminism does not want a father figure in the family, no patriarch. People of this breed believe marriage is an institution of slavery to the woman, instead of a partnership brought together to raise healthy, sound-minded future versions of the parents. The goal of radical feminism is to produce a nanny state, where the government has more control and direction of how children will be brought up. Many individuals that lean toward this line of thinking, had abusive male role models at some point in their past. Whether it be their grandfather who installed this hatred of men on their mother to pass on the beliefs, or their own father, it is usually present somewhere.

This complete disgust of men, leads these individuals to believe that women are superior to men in almost every way, therefore, by that logic society is imperfect because of the large male influence. They see men as bumbling, useless, and abusive. Anything manly disgusts them, and only exists to boost the ego of men. Since marriage is slavery to the woman, they are encouraged to divorce their husband and be free. A child needs a mother and father, not one or the other. Mothers that decide to stay at home and raise the children are ridiculed for not taking a career. You can see the large influence that radical feminism has on our society today in our laws and media. A lot of commercials show men as dumb, and incapable of the most mundane of tasks, and the woman as the hero. Dad is just an idiot who works to much, comes home, and can't do anything right. Let's think about that for a moment, dad is gone all day, working "too much" to provide for his family, he comes home, and is inefficient compared to his wife at household chores and taking care of the children. This would be the equivalent of not showing what mom does all day at home, then going into a job for a few hours, and looking stupid compared to her husband who has been doing this all day every day for years. Sitcoms nowadays make me sick. The husband is usually an idiot, who does nothing but lie to his wife. The wife is seen as all knowing, worldly, and ridicules her partner at will, and it is funny.

Our laws today have been influenced by radical feminism. Remember when I talked about the nanny state? Any law that is made to make decisions for you or your children delves us further into a nanny state. The rate of divorces and fatherless children nowadays is another result of this line of thinking. Marriage is supposed to be a life long commitment, not a thing you get tired of, then pay the lawyer. If you are a father and get a divorce, and want your children, good luck with that without the consent of the mother. Children nowadays get away with anything. No more strict parenting, you are supposed to coddle your children, speak in a soft caring voice, no matter what they have done. If dad yells he is seen as an overbearing jerk. If your child picks up a stray cat and gets scratched, then goes to school, there is a high probability that a parent will spend the night in jail, and the state will place your child temporarily in foster care until they figure out what is best. Child abuse is serious, and there needs to be awareness, but isn't taking a child away from their parents over nothing, even for a night traumatizing to the child? There needs to be a line. You are supposed to give your children a choice now. What? They are children, they need to be shown what to do, not given a choice. If children were capable of making wise decisions, they would be called adults. Not that all adults make wise decisions, mind you.

Part of the break down of every great society in the past is the deterioration of the family unit. I don't like the road we are headed down. Feminism at it's heart is a great thing. It raises the awareness on abused women and children, and the lack of equality in many facets of life. Any further than that is going down a bad road. Men and women compliment each other. Two different beings of the same species, we could not survive without one another, no matter what some men or women claim. Women should be insulted when men are ridiculed for being men, at some point you've had a father, brother, uncle, or son. We are wired differently, and people just need to accept that. The question should not be, how do I better the world for my sex, but how do I better the world for humans.

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