[quote="TheBlueQueen"]^ And I say it isn't. Women in the developed world certainly have come far, but there are still issues that need to be addressed. You can find it bull all you like, but I know firsthand it isn't. I personally know many young women who have experienced harassment or otherwise been mistreated because of their gender. I, myself, have had unpleasant experiences because of my gender. When I was a little girl, even though my parents told me I could be whatever I wanted to be, I still thought there were things women couldn't do because it wasn't "normal." I thought leadership positions were for men and subordinate positions were for women. I didn't even question it. The culture I've grown up in has made me ashamed of my body. It made me hate other women. It made me terrified to be around unknown men because we don't define consent well enough to our sons. It's made me hate being female. The way we still culturally view women is not flattering or okay, from the way we objectify women in the media, to the way we insult women's sexuality, to the way we say a woman was "asking for it" when she gets raped because she was wearing revealing clothing. Every little cultural thing in the way we view women may not seem like much on its own, but it's all one part of a much deeper and much more troubling cultural issue. Yes, women's rights certainly need to be more immediately addressed in countries where women are treated like utter garbage. That's where it's certainly needed the most. But there are definite issues here that should not be ignored.[/quote]
Sounds like you and those young women you speak off just have a bad habit of walking into assholes then. Assholes are everywhere and women are no exception, they can also be pretty bad to towards men. Obviously those assholes we speak off don't represent the majority of all men, and of course not every man out there is gonna rape you or anything. But seriously, the thing about feminists that bothers me the most is that they often (correct me if I'm wrong) refuse to be friends with men and usually ONLY prefer to befriend other women. This isn't cool for the average ''normal'' man that doesn't have any bad intensions. From my point of view women should be treated as queens, and in return men should be treated as kings. It's that simple, really.
But on the other hand I do agree that things need to be done against those cultures that violate women's rights (or human rights in general) however, in the place where I live I've never personally witnessed women being objectified by the media in a bad way. Yes it is true, in some ways men and women will never be equal. For example, men are physically stronger than women and this is a fact. But most feminists that point their fingers to the civilised world are just exaggerating the whole thing because I can quite assure you that most of us men certainly will NOT say that a woman asked for it after being raped, plus there are in fact plenty of women with leadership positions. Sorry to say but the things you brought up were just myths.
That being said, I personally think feminism is just paranoia and exaggeration. Don't get me wrong, you can be a feminist all you want though, and I'm not judging you as an individual or anything. I'm just voicing my opinion.