Feminism means to abolish this social hierarchy in favor...
Feminism fights to harm men.
Opening Argument: To begin, i would like to define the term feminism: fem·i·nism [fem-uh-niz-uh m] noun the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.[1] I would like to mention that this definition alone already shows the resolution that 'Feminism fights to harm men' to be false. However, I will continue with my opening points. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Feminism is based around equal power distribution between the sexes, not supremacy. Feminism makes the claim that there is a hierarchy that exists that is tilted in favor of men, this is called patriarchy. Feminism means to abolish this social hierarchy in favor of gender equality between the sexes, not the supremacy of one sex. This alone is clarified in the definition of the term, and anyone who strays from this term (such as radical 'feminists' like TERFs) is by definition not a feminist, nor do they under any circumstance represent feminism. Saying such is equivalent to me saying, since one person in the state of Louisiana is a member of the Ku Klux Klan, then all people in Louisiana are members of the Ku Klux Klan. Saying that all feminists seek to harm men is baseless. Purporting that feminism ignores issues like domestic violence against men, or non-recognition of female on male rape (both of which are issues that MRAs like to throw around, but do nothing about) is also baseless. Patriarchy and imbalance of power between the sexes (and imbalance of power between classes) is what causes these instances, and is exactly what feminism is opposed to. I will rebuttal my opponents opening argument claims in the second round. I hope we can have an intelligent and meaningful debate.