A Street Guide to Feminism
There’s nothing that controversial about it.
Some people still don’t get it. You meet these people in real life, not just the Internet. Sometimes, it’s even a woman. One college girl tried to explain to me how society has ruined a generation of men by catering to women and feminism — at the expense of male needs.
Apparently men need a certain amount of power and privilege. Otherwise, civilization comes apart.
Inequality makes the world go round.
A few of my students always show up with a certain attitude toward feminism. They equate it with every evil in the world.
But you don’t have to read cultural theory in French to understand the truth. Feminism isn’t that complicated or radical.
Most people like feminism once they give it a chance.
For starters, let’s agree that men can buy their own groceries. Cook their own meals. Do their own laundry. And even clean up after themselves. At least half of men know how to use a vacuum cleaner. So while we can call these behaviors feminist, it really just comes down to self-sufficiency.
If you’re 16 or older and still make your mom, girlfriend, or wife do any of these things for you on a regular basis, you’re not sexist.
