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Feminism Should not be Encouraged

I appologize for foreiting the round. I have quite a few debates going on at the moment. You begin by giving the definiotion of feminism. To which I would argue, judge a movement based on its actions rather than its definition. In this debate I will argue that feminism should not be encouraged, as there is an equal amount of feminism on both sides. Feminism is the belief that we should equalize the genders by only focusing on one. Sexism Against Men: 1.Domestic violence cases, where a man is the victim of his girlfriend’s violence, make up 40% of reported domestic violence cases. When a MAN is the victim of domestic violence, the women does not face nearly as much jail time as a man that committed the same crime. http://www.theguardian.com...... 2.Only men are eligible for the draft. 3.The overwhelming majority of workers in dangerous jobs are men. 4.When a man gets rapes it "empowers women" but when a man rapes a women he is sent to prison for years on end. 5.In general, when a woman commits a crime, she is faced with a significantly less amount of jail time that a man who commits the same crime. 5.Men are also objectified by the media. They are told by society they have to be muscular, and tough. 6.In action movies, like Kill Bill, where there is a strong female protagonist, the men she fights against are stripped of their human traits and portrayed as nothing more than targets. When they are killed there is no emotional toll. This is objectification. Not only is female against male violence acceptable, it is encouraged, and a woman’s ability to kill many men in a movie is seen as a virtue. Now, given the numerous inequalities that men face, it doesn’t make sense for a gender equality movement to ignore such incidents. More sexism toward men: A few years ago there was an incident where a woman cut of her husbands penis, and then threw it into a blender. This incident was the subject to quite a bit of discussion, one of such discussions was on a women’s talk show. In this talk show, they repeatedly made jokes about this poor man who now has no penis. The media consistently reinforces the notion that women against man violence is acceptable. If the same incident were to happen to a women, where her husband cut her breasts off, do you really think anyone would be joking about it? If there was a talk show that joked about it, there would literally be an uproar. Here’s the video as well as many others:https://www.youtube.com...... Im am not denying the existence of women’s issues, however I am just saying that we should also focus on the other half of the human population. Most of the cases that you presented, where women are treaded unfairly are valid, except for one: the pay gap. Pay Gap: The statistics surrounding the pay gap have been repeatedly debunked. When the government conducted this study, they looked at the payments between men and women in general, not looking at each specific job and comparing wages accordingly. When you take into account that men on average actually choose higher paying jobs in fields such as science and engineering, and women choose lesser paying jobs such as education and nursing, the pay gap literally disappears. Men also on average work more hours. You also, must also take into account that women take years at a time off work for maternity leave. http://lockerroom.johnlocke.org...... I will now give a quote from your agrument "It will teach kids that descrimination is wrong" To which I would respond by agreeing with your first stament. That it would teach kids not to descriminate. It would however, teach kids the lie that women are oppressed and men are priveleged, a dillusion that I have debunked in my previous examples. The same would apply in jobs. Employees would be under the impression that women are oppressed, thus giving them reason to give women unfair advantages. They would give them an advantage above men when hiring. They would give them more frequent promotions etc... Conclusion: I have presented a valid list of inequalities that men are faced with. The fact that a gender equalizing campaign ignores such exmples of sexism, serves as evidence that it is a hypocritical movement. Thus, it shouldn't be encouraged. The very title "5.In general, when a woman commits a crime, she is faced with a significantly less amount of jail time that a man who commits the same crime. 5.Men are also objectified by the media. They are told by society they have to be muscular, and tough. 6.In action movies, like Kill Bill, where there is a strong female protagonist, the men she fights against are stripped of their human traits and portrayed as nothing more than targets. When they are killed there is no emotional toll. This is objectification. Not only is female against male violence acceptable, it is encouraged, and a woman’s ability to kill many men in a movie is seen as a virtue. Now, given the numerous inequalities that men face, it doesn’t make sense for a gender equality movement to ignore such incidents. More sexism toward men: A few years ago there was an incident where a woman cut of her husbands penis, and then threw it into a blender. This incident was the subject to quite a bit of discussion, one of such discussions was on a women’s talk show. In this talk show, they repeatedly made jokes about this poor man who now has no penis. The media consistently reinforces the notion that women against man violence is acceptable. If the same incident were to happen to a women, where her husband cut her breasts off, do you really think anyone would be joking about it? If there was a talk show that joked about it, there would literally be an uproar. Here’s the video as well as many others:https://www.youtube.com...... Im am not denying the existence of women’s issues, however I am just saying that we should also focus on the other half of the human population. Most of the cases that you presented, where women are treaded unfairly are valid, except for one: the pay gap. Pay Gap: The statistics surrounding the pay gap have been repeatedly debunked. When the government conducted this study, they looked at the payments between men and women in general, not looking at each specific job and comparing wages accordingly. When you take into account that men on average actually choose higher paying jobs in fields such as science and engineering, and women choose lesser paying jobs such as education and nursing, the pay gap literally disappears. Men also on average work more hours. You also, must also take into account that women take years at a time off work for maternity leave. http://lockerroom.johnlocke.org...... I will now give a quote from your agrument "It will teach kids that descrimination is wrong" To which I would respond by agreeing with your first stament. That it would teach kids not to descriminate. It would however, teach kids the lie that women are oppressed and men are priveleged, a dillusion that I have debunked in my previous examples. The same would apply in jobs. Employees would be under the impression that women are oppressed, thus giving them reason to give women unfair advantages. They would give them an advantage above men when hiring. They would give them more frequent promotions etc... Conclusion: I have presented a valid list of inequalities that men are faced with. The fact that a gender equalizing campaign ignores such exmples of sexism, serves as evidence that it is a hypocritical movement. Thus, it shouldn't be encouraged. The very title "Feminism" right off the bat, establishes it as a women's first campaign and,through every one of its actions, this is proven to be the case.