Feminism: What's not to Like?

Feminism is a difficult topic for me to write about. Not because I find it uncomfortable or disagree with it's ideals, but rather because I have so many thoughts on the subject that that they often get jumbled. I struggle to gather my thoughts and piece them together because I will say something and then find an argument against it that leads to another idea, and I lose track of what I am supposed to be writing about. For that reason I apologize if this ends up sounding more like one continuous thought.

The article "Bad Feminist" focuses primarily on the issue of defining feminism. Particularly how to be a feminist. The author brought up some good points, and gave valid opinions. Being a feminist is sometimes described as "angry men-hating women" when that is not always the case. Feminism has been stereotyped and looked down upon because it's meaning has been warped into something that it wasn't meant to be. The idea behind feminism is that it was supposed to be a fight for equality between genders. It just so happens that women are the primary victims of the inequality and so the name "feminism" was adopted. The problem is that some people have made feminism to be a strange culture that hats men and wants women to have more power than them. I will not deny that some feminists think this way (unfortunately probably more than just "some") instead of the way of equality.

The strangest thing about feminism is that people fight against it, mostly men, but women as well. I can understand people being against the all-the-power-to-the-women destroy-all-men way of thinking, but why would anyone fight for inequality? Are the women afraid of change? Do they not want to define themselves as feminists because of the meaning that title carries? Do men simply want women to stay on the bottom? Are they afraid that if there is equality, they will be treated the way they treat women?

One of my favorite parts of the article was when the author was talking about liking pink, and long dresses, and rap music, even if it sometimes dehumanizes women. Some feminists believe that liking "girly" things or liking things that don't seem to like women is wrong and going against feminism. If there are things that you like, then you are allowed to like them! It is never "bad feminism" to enjoy something that brings you happiness. Just because something is stereotypically "female" does not mean that you should hate it because of it's stereotype. Why is it seen as "bad feminism" or even weakness to like something THAT REPRESENTS FEMININITY? In my opinion there is only one way to be a "bad feminist" and that is to fight against equality.

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