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Modern Feminism is Not Needed in America

I would like to begin the rebuttal stage by stating that my opponent has broken a rule of "All sources made after arguments." As I have already broke a rule of using my opponents name, I will nullify it. For clarification, at the end of all the arguments, not each individual point. Further my opponent has added rebuttals in the argument stage. The Wage Gap: The Washington Post only includes one factor for equal pay. They accounted for people who work in the same positions and got a result of 92% pay. This does not account for many factors such as I had stated in the first round where women work less. Glassdoor does not include hours worked either. Though Glassdoor includes more than one factor for pay, unlike the Washington Post, they still leave out one of the most dominant factors for pay. With all factors accounted for, and the illegality of discriminatory pay, there is no logical basis for feminism to be needed as fair payment is protected by law, and statistics reflect the equality of earnings. This means that there is no pay gap of any sort which feminism would be needed for. Equal Opportunity: Equal opportunity does not imply equal outcome. Just because equal results are not achieved does not mean equal opportunity has not been. There are no laws which hold women back from achieving the same results of men in the workplace. To be a CEO of a fortune 500 company you either have to have started the company or have been replaced by an existing CEO, neither of these routes are blocked by law. The number is likely low as pre-established companies often stay at the top, and profiting CEO's do not give up their spots, it is a hard market to get into now regardless of sex. 50% of the companies from the 1990's and 65 from the original 500 are still at the top. Rape: First the CDC does not include prison rape which I have stated prior, losing 200000 rape cases every year. Second they are very vague in their wording, using that 18.3% "experience" rape, however do not directly state that they were raped. This vague language would be easier to decipher if the experiment was defined, and the questions were as well. Until I can see the study resulting in those statistics, or an article explaining them, they are not definite examples of rape. There is also not proof that they examples do not include other factors such as unreported cases outside of word of mouth. Last, my source showing that women are raped 3 times as much does not include prison rape, which I stated with the source. Female Representation: Again for this, like for the fortune 500 companies, equal outcome is not indicative of an equal society, equal opportunity is, as equal outcome would have to be forced, and against individual rights. Just because there are not equal amounts of female writers, does not mean that society is not equal, it means that women are making different choices. In role playing games, there is character customization, therefore there are not main characters set to a specific gender in most cases. Call of Duty, the biggest game in console FPS has female character options. Lastly differing body types is something women care more about, in commercials about men, most are tall, muscular, and tan, typically without much change in body type outside the size of their muscles. Further Points: Feminism has rightly been under attack as the radical feminists have taken over the movement. Myths such as the wage gap are used to justify violence and silencing of speech. People realize that, in the west, feminism is not needed, and as a result it has been dying. There is no definition that can define a group, and as a result people look towards the prominent figures in feminism to find out the attitudes feminism has. When looking at figures like Amy Schumer and Lena Dunham, many are offset by feminism, and when looking at the hysteria in college campuses, they will not go near it, that is why feminism is dying. Disclaimer: I will address any rebuttals, which were wrongly placed in the argument stage, in the next stage. Sources: -https://www.forbes.com... -https://askwonder.com... -http://wwg.com... -http://variety.com... -http://www.google.com... -http://www.mainstreethost.com... -https://www.forbes.com...