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Feminism Isn't Actually for Women's Rights.

Thank you for accepting. I look forward to debating this with you. I guess I wasn't clear when I said first round is for acceptance. The second round was meant for opening arguments so I will post mine now. I will also let you know we are debating on modern day feminism which has come a long way since the great depression. Even I will admit that from the beginning of feminism up until the mid to late 80's, feminism was a just cause. Now, however; it is a corrupt and utterly disgusting cause full of women who are trying to change the lives and lifestyles of all women around them to be miserable just as theirs are. Not too long ago Kayle Cuoco-Sweeting was attacked by feminists for saying she wasn't a feminist. She got so much hate and rude messages that she felt obligated to apologize for something she shouldn't have to appologize for. When asked by RedBook if she was feminist she said "It's not something I think about. Things are different now and I know a lot of the worked that paved the way for women happened before I was around. I was never that feminist girl demanding equality. Maybe that's because I never faced inequality." She then stated that she likes cooking for her husband. "It makes me feel like a housewife," she said. "I like that. I know it sounds old fashioned but I like the idea of women taking care of their men." This sent feminists into a frenzy. All because a highly regarded female didn't share their beliefs. Source: usherald.com/kayle-cuoco-not-feminist/ Now let's talk statistics. Only 20% of women openly identify as feminist. That was a 2015 poll by m.huffpost.com/us/feminism-poll_n_3094917.html. In 2014, 28% of the American population identified as feminist. Yet 82% of people support gender equality. I am one of those 82%. I am not a feminist though. Now, let's talk about feminists claiming "opression." Let's face it. Women in the U.S. are not oppressed. If you want to see opression, look at the middle east. Women there are basically forced to wear clothing that the majority of them object to wearing. They aren't even aloud to drive. That's opression. Having a door held open for you by a man because he wants to be nice is not opression. Finally, let's talk about women claiming that they do not have equal rights to men. Women actually have more righgs than men. 1. Women have the right to genital integrity. No matter how you feel about the practice of circumcision, girls are protected against genital cutting of any kind and infant boys are not. 2. Women have the right to vote without agreeing to die. Women gain the right to vote by simply surviving 18 years. Men, however; cannot be eligible to vote until they sign with the Selective Service. This means they will have to be shiped off to war and be willing to die if deemed necessary by the government. 3. Women have the right to choose parenthood. Women can have an unwanted child aborted, put up for adoption or surrender the child under Safe Haven laws and be freed from all responsibility and obligation of the child without consulting the father. 4. Women have the right to be assumed caregivers for children. When parents divorce, the mother is almost always given custody of the child. The father, however; has to be verified as a worthy caregiver. 5. Women have the right to call unwanted, coerced sex rape. This means that if a woman coerces sex with a man, then decides later that she doesn't want it, she can call it rape and the man can be convicted. Source: http://thoughtcatalog.com... Overall, feminism is a corrupt cause full of unjust ignorant little girls who have been blinded by society into thinking that they are opressed and have less rights than men. It's ridiculous. Thank you.