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Feminism is basically a call for positive discrimination, which is why I don't really support the 'cause'. Not saying women shouldn't be equal to men, but there should never be a situation where women get more attention or privileges simply for political correctness.

Just like that action on Twitter a while ago about female game developers and such. People were calling for more female lead characters in games purely for the purpose of having a female lead character, regardless if it would fit the game setting, story or audience.

When it comes to basic human rights and needs, women should be equal. They should receive the same salary for doing the same job as a man and shouldn't be excluded from certain things just because they are female.
BUT, they also need to understand that certain things in life are predominantly male, just like some things in life are predominantly female.

Both the game and the movie industry are predominantly male. Why? Because males have a larger affiliation with technology and are often stronger than women. The riggers, camera operators, light operators, sound operators directors and stage hands are 90% male staff. During some jobs I deal with female staff doing 'male jobs' and they simply need help with certain things any of the strong guys around there could do alone. Be it picking up a heavy crate or having a camera on their shoulder for 4 hours. Some of the females I worked with try to push it, try to prove that they can be one of the guys. At the end of the day it becomes apparent that there is a difference, people just have to accept that.

As for movies, the lead character in many movies is based on the targeted audience. In chick flicks the lead character is often female. In action movies the lead character is often a guy. Just because action movies do better in theaters than chick flicks does not mean we should just throw a female in there. Female actors have just as much coverage as male actors, the movies just don't become as successful.

But hang on, what happens if we DO put a female in a guy targeted action movie? Then she's suddenly being objectified by all the guys staring at her prominently displayed boobies and surely we can't have that! However if some hot guy has a secondary role in a chick flick as the school stud or the pool cleaner in Sex and the City, isn't he being objectified by the female audience as he is cleaning a pool being all bare chested and muscular? There's a very obvious double standard there.

At the end of the day employers should be hiring the person best suited for the job. If that person is male or female is no deciding factor. The deciding factor lies in different things that eliminate certain candidates far before gender comes into play. For certain professions those deciding factors are in favor of males. For other professions they are in favor of females. If females want a traditionally male job they should prove they have what it takes to do that job. Just like when a guy wants a traditional female job, he will have to prove he has what it takes to do that job.