lol, I thought this topic died and fell off the bottom of the board, apparently not.
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Besides, "pride in one's gender" is not what sexism and feminism is about at all. More like, they don't like being made to feel like they're worth less than your toilet paper.
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But in most developed countries, it's simply not the case - People are treated more or less equally
here on the whole. Yes, things aren't 100% equal
here (there's still a pay gap in the UK, for example), but is the inequality really that terrible and life threatening here as most feminists like to point out?
Of course it's not the same elsewhere in the world - Gender inequality is a major issue in places like some of the middle eastern and Asian countries to the point of it being actually life threatening. Feminist arguments should be geared towards tackling the worst of it there IMO. But if it's so terrible
here in Europe, why are only a tiny minority of women complaining about it, while the vast majority of the female population don't really see it as a problem, and don't feel persecuted?
I'm not saying that it shouldn't be talked about or addressed though - Yes, it is a perfectly valid issue. I just hate it when people take it far too seriously and they let it affect their way of thinking and day to day life (for example living in the UK, but feeling persecuted and hated by everyone everywhere they go for simply being female), and get their knickers in a twist over the tiniest of topics that even touch on gender inequality
(like the article I posted earlier) - It's not healthy for them. And in this country, there simply isn't any need for it.
(However, perhaps I'm mixing up two separate issues here - Sexism and people who take things too seriously.)