Masculinity Vs. Feminism
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The Battle of The Sexes
For billions of years there have been two opposite sexes. Male and female, these recently developed into two different factions.
On the female side they developed feminism. On the male side they developed masculinity. For many years we lived in a male-centric society.
Recently since the 1920's women have gotten a lot if not most of the rights men have. The feminist movement started to rapidly rise in waves
since about the 19th century. There so far have been 3 different waves of feminists all seeking a similar variety of women's equality. As for
men we have developed some chauvinistic tendancies and began a movement that I like to call masculinity. Modern masculinity focuses on different
things such as sex, strength, and agressiveness. Ever since time began we have lived in a world controlled by men. We have fought the wars and
controlled the government. Feminism versus masculinity has always been a raging battle that men sometimes dislike women trying to get equality
and, women just want to be free from the so called oppression of men.
First things first lets start off by debating why feminism is better. Women are known for being very sweet and gentle. They carry our
children and are mothers. Women for far too long have been oppressed in a male-centric society. These feminists have been fighting for the equality
between the two sexes and for womens rights. Let me also remind you that women are still not treated equally in our society and are usually paid
at a lower rate for the same amount of work as a man. In relation to this there has been a lot of male anger and resentment towards feminism and
sometimes people take this very serious movement as somewhat of a joke. Some prime examples of this are qoutes I have of why people would choose
masculinity such as "masculinity because we're not stuck with periods and we were made for more than just making sandwiches", and
"Masculinity, so i can spend some time outside of the kitchen". These are two examples of a stereotypical male response and remarks that women
are only good for making food. The downside to feminism though is the radical feminists. These are the type of feminists who dislike men and
who do radical things to draw attention to their movement. Overall I think feminism is a good movement and a righteous movement that will
increase the quality of life for women. In the end though I feel like their movement is lost to men.
Now we have reached our debate about masculinity. There is so much male-centric culture out there that it'd be hard to cover it all
so here is a brief summary of everything. American masculinity is mainly based on the principles that men are the strong and the silent types
that take care of everything. More recently in about the ages of 18-30 there have been movements in masculinity that is mainly based off of
fraternities wherein men take advantage of women and party, while not being responsible. More notably there is a new genre of literature out
called fratire started by a man named Tucker Max and his sexcapades in his life. Masculinity also is notorious for discriminating against
women. Masculinity has dominated society for years controlling all of america's government up to recently. So I assume women at some point
must've gotten frustrated with this and created feminism to even the odds.
In the end it all boils down to what your set of values is and what your beliefs are. If you believe in partying and having fun
then masculinity is probably the thing for you. if you believe in seriousness and equality for everyone then feminism is probably right
up your alley.
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