Indeed Liza! The first and second waves of feminism were amazing for the western world! Helping women gain the right to vote, equal pay, access to jobs that were previously off limits to them, and challenging sexist double standards. But third and fourth wave feminism are awful and are highly toxic for women and men alike. Third and four…
Indeed Liza! The first and second waves of feminism were amazing for the western world! Helping women gain the right to vote, equal pay, access to jobs that were previously off limits to them, and challenging sexist double standards. But third and fourth wave feminism are awful and are highly toxic for women and men alike. Third and fourth wave feminism teach women that men are all evil and should perpetually be suspicious of them, that they are perpetual victims, women should be segregated and put in categories based on identity, women who aren’t left-wing are traitors to their sex, sleeping around and having an air of superiority is empowering, and women are strong but also need to always be protected. This has been disastrous for two whole generations of women who are more lonely, depressed, anxious, rootless, and unsatisfied with life than ever before. This is why Liza can find few women who share her interests or whom to talk to. The women of this generation were destined to be miserable and live less enriching and fulfilling lives with that as the message society was giving them. What would actually empower women would be teaching them to work hard, keep their head down, wait until their ready to have children, avoid sleeping around, get married, start a family, take men on a case by case basis and don’t judge men as group, trust in God and yourself not government, you are not a victim you are a victor, take responsibility for your life, no one owes you anything, think for yourself and ascribe to whatever political views you want, and be humble and learn from others. That’s the advice I would give to millennial and Gen Z women. Contemporary feminism is crazy and think more and more people of both sexes are realizing this as it is starting to fade. Screeching about the non-existent “patriarchy” won’t get you anywhere. Could one argue America and the West were a patriarchy in the 18th, 19th or 20th Centuries? Sure. But not today in 2025. Don’t get me wrong, gender discrimination still to an extent exists and women face social challenges. But overall women are doing amazingly well in the United States and the western world. They have voting rights, equal pay, are protected from discrimination by the 1964 Civil Rights Act, can drive, can wear whatever they want, there are a record number of women in Congress, and we just had a female VP who just served for four years. Frankly, she was likely in charge of the government as Joe Biden was afflicted with dementia whether his team would admit it or not. So we’ve basically had a female President already in a sense. It is ludicrous to suggest women are oppressed in the western world. Now in the developing world, it’s a different story. If you want to see a real patriarchy go to Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zaire, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Iran, China, Malaysia, or Guatemala. Just look at the Middle East anywhere outside of Israel for example. Women are chattel owned by their husbands, fathers and bothers, they can’t vote or drive, must be covered from head to toe, are relegated to certain roles and jobs, are the victims of acid attacks if they don’t cover up, are whipped if they don’t do so or are harassed by the morality police, are victims of sexual assault, rape, honor killings, and spousal abuse, and have rarely if ever been elected to office. Meanwhile, Israel a model of feminist empowerment, elected a female PM in the 1970s, the Lioness Golda Meir. This was decades before the rest of the Western world. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Egypt, Sudan, Oman, Pakistan, Afghanistan, or Iraq? Never in a million years! In America, women serve in combat, play professional sports, star in movies and TV shows, fight each in the ring, race fast cars, can buy a house and don’t have to have their husbands permission and much more. To say women in the West are oppressed is laughable and the height of idiocy. Also, two wrongs do NOT make a right! Misogyny and misandry are two sides of the same coin. Teaching women they are superior to men who are all just animals is poisonous. The world owes you nothing because of your gender. Period. Full stop. Women today should NOT seek to emulate the likes of Miley Cyrus, Madonna, Cardi B, Beyoncé, Roxanne Gay, Judith Butler, or the women who ran the Women’s March. They should seek to emulate women like Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, Abigail Adams, Eleanor Roosevelt, Sojourner Truth, Julia Child, Golda Meir, Clara Barton, Florence Nightingale, Margaret Thatcher, Helen Keller, Mother Teresa, Dr. Mildred Jefferson, Riley Gaines, and Prof. Carol Swain. Those are the type of women we should teach our daughters to follow in the footsteps of! Linda Sarsour? Tamika Mallory? Carmen Perez? The women of the View? Not so much. Beulah Henry, Ada Lovelace, Mary Shelley, Amelia Earhart, Molly Pitcher, Margaret Hamilton, Sally Ride, Salome Sibonex, Liza Libes? Absolutely! You are also absolutely right about women not supporting other women. Just look at how Caitlin Clark’s peers in the WNBA treat her.
Indeed Liza! The first and second waves of feminism were amazing for the western world! Helping women gain the right to vote, equal pay, access to jobs that were previously off limits to them, and challenging sexist double standards. But third and fourth wave feminism are awful and are highly toxic for women and men alike. Third and fourth wave feminism teach women that men are all evil and should perpetually be suspicious of them, that they are perpetual victims, women should be segregated and put in categories based on identity, women who aren’t left-wing are traitors to their sex, sleeping around and having an air of superiority is empowering, and women are strong but also need to always be protected. This has been disastrous for two whole generations of women who are more lonely, depressed, anxious, rootless, and unsatisfied with life than ever before. This is why Liza can find few women who share her interests or whom to talk to. The women of this generation were destined to be miserable and live less enriching and fulfilling lives with that as the message society was giving them. What would actually empower women would be teaching them to work hard, keep their head down, wait until their ready to have children, avoid sleeping around, get married, start a family, take men on a case by case basis and don’t judge men as group, trust in God and yourself not government, you are not a victim you are a victor, take responsibility for your life, no one owes you anything, think for yourself and ascribe to whatever political views you want, and be humble and learn from others. That’s the advice I would give to millennial and Gen Z women. Contemporary feminism is crazy and think more and more people of both sexes are realizing this as it is starting to fade. Screeching about the non-existent “patriarchy” won’t get you anywhere. Could one argue America and the West were a patriarchy in the 18th, 19th or 20th Centuries? Sure. But not today in 2025. Don’t get me wrong, gender discrimination still to an extent exists and women face social challenges. But overall women are doing amazingly well in the United States and the western world. They have voting rights, equal pay, are protected from discrimination by the 1964 Civil Rights Act, can drive, can wear whatever they want, there are a record number of women in Congress, and we just had a female VP who just served for four years. Frankly, she was likely in charge of the government as Joe Biden was afflicted with dementia whether his team would admit it or not. So we’ve basically had a female President already in a sense. It is ludicrous to suggest women are oppressed in the western world. Now in the developing world, it’s a different story. If you want to see a real patriarchy go to Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zaire, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Iran, China, Malaysia, or Guatemala. Just look at the Middle East anywhere outside of Israel for example. Women are chattel owned by their husbands, fathers and bothers, they can’t vote or drive, must be covered from head to toe, are relegated to certain roles and jobs, are the victims of acid attacks if they don’t cover up, are whipped if they don’t do so or are harassed by the morality police, are victims of sexual assault, rape, honor killings, and spousal abuse, and have rarely if ever been elected to office. Meanwhile, Israel a model of feminist empowerment, elected a female PM in the 1970s, the Lioness Golda Meir. This was decades before the rest of the Western world. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Egypt, Sudan, Oman, Pakistan, Afghanistan, or Iraq? Never in a million years! In America, women serve in combat, play professional sports, star in movies and TV shows, fight each in the ring, race fast cars, can buy a house and don’t have to have their husbands permission and much more. To say women in the West are oppressed is laughable and the height of idiocy. Also, two wrongs do NOT make a right! Misogyny and misandry are two sides of the same coin. Teaching women they are superior to men who are all just animals is poisonous. The world owes you nothing because of your gender. Period. Full stop. Women today should NOT seek to emulate the likes of Miley Cyrus, Madonna, Cardi B, Beyoncé, Roxanne Gay, Judith Butler, or the women who ran the Women’s March. They should seek to emulate women like Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, Abigail Adams, Eleanor Roosevelt, Sojourner Truth, Julia Child, Golda Meir, Clara Barton, Florence Nightingale, Margaret Thatcher, Helen Keller, Mother Teresa, Dr. Mildred Jefferson, Riley Gaines, and Prof. Carol Swain. Those are the type of women we should teach our daughters to follow in the footsteps of! Linda Sarsour? Tamika Mallory? Carmen Perez? The women of the View? Not so much. Beulah Henry, Ada Lovelace, Mary Shelley, Amelia Earhart, Molly Pitcher, Margaret Hamilton, Sally Ride, Salome Sibonex, Liza Libes? Absolutely! You are also absolutely right about women not supporting other women. Just look at how Caitlin Clark’s peers in the WNBA treat her.