Feminism, like libertarianism or socialism, is a broad category with many sub-variants. For example, I would identify myself as a member of the "individualist feminist" camp. So what follows should not be taken as a criticism of all branches of feminism, but a particular branch.
Unfortunately, the radical/Marxist feminist variant dominates in academia. And Marxist ideology is totalitarian in nature. People infected with the ideology tend to view everything through the Marxist feminist lens. And they often try to stamp out any views that conflict with their own. For example:
"In a statement released online, the students’ union announced it was prohibiting the movie from being screened on union-managed parts of campus. It also banned any union funds from being used to screen it. ‘The planned screening of this documentary would be discriminatory against women, and has the capacity to intimidate and physically threaten women on campus’, it said. ‘This documentary is decidedly anti-feminist and anti-woman, focussing not on the ways in which the systemic issues of patriarchy may also adversely affect men, but instead placing the blame on women and feminism specifically for men’s issues.’"
I would argue that this behavior illustrates a) unconscious contempt for women b) lack of confidence in the truth of their position.
Many women have fought hard to win entry to traditionally male-dominated industries, such as police or the military. Those women claim that they're just as tough as men. Yet now radical feminists are saying that they're so weak they must be protected from a documentary? If they're correct, why should we trust women to be brave in battle?
And note what it implies about how radical feminists think about their own ideology. If the documentary's claims about feminism are false, then any reasonably intelligent person should be able to see through them. They should welcome the opportunity to illustrate just how dumb the MRA's claims are.
Yet they don't. Which means one of two things: that they think their audience is too stupid to see through the MRA's claims. Or they lack confidence in the truth of their own position.
In my view, women _are_ tough enough to handle bullets, let alone documentaries. And I'm confident enough in the principles of individualist feminism that I have nothing to fear from criticism. So let the documentary air! Women can handle it.
http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/why-banning-the-red-pill-is-bad-for-feminism/19714
Unfortunately, the radical/Marxist feminist variant dominates in academia. And Marxist ideology is totalitarian in nature. People infected with the ideology tend to view everything through the Marxist feminist lens. And they often try to stamp out any views that conflict with their own. For example:
"In a statement released online, the students’ union announced it was prohibiting the movie from being screened on union-managed parts of campus. It also banned any union funds from being used to screen it. ‘The planned screening of this documentary would be discriminatory against women, and has the capacity to intimidate and physically threaten women on campus’, it said. ‘This documentary is decidedly anti-feminist and anti-woman, focussing not on the ways in which the systemic issues of patriarchy may also adversely affect men, but instead placing the blame on women and feminism specifically for men’s issues.’"
I would argue that this behavior illustrates a) unconscious contempt for women b) lack of confidence in the truth of their position.
Many women have fought hard to win entry to traditionally male-dominated industries, such as police or the military. Those women claim that they're just as tough as men. Yet now radical feminists are saying that they're so weak they must be protected from a documentary? If they're correct, why should we trust women to be brave in battle?
And note what it implies about how radical feminists think about their own ideology. If the documentary's claims about feminism are false, then any reasonably intelligent person should be able to see through them. They should welcome the opportunity to illustrate just how dumb the MRA's claims are.
Yet they don't. Which means one of two things: that they think their audience is too stupid to see through the MRA's claims. Or they lack confidence in the truth of their own position.
In my view, women _are_ tough enough to handle bullets, let alone documentaries. And I'm confident enough in the principles of individualist feminism that I have nothing to fear from criticism. So let the documentary air! Women can handle it.
http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/why-banning-the-red-pill-is-bad-for-feminism/19714