let me tell you what i think about feminism. feminism does not fight only for women. it fights for your average man, too, because patriarchy and all the bullshit that comes with it negatively affects the lives of both men and women. (especially women.) patriarchy simplifies men as being creatures incapable of true intellectual thought and compassion, it creates this image of males being testosterone fueled sex addicts who control everything in their world by force, including their women. patriarchy takes this image and teaches young boys from their childhood on that this is what they are, no matter what, and that over there is what women are, no matter what. it assures us all that yes, it’s just that simple. we all know that isn’t true. that is not what all men are, or rather that is not what men have to be. not only do men buy into this fantasy world, but many women do as well. it is not a simple matter of gender vs. gender.

feminism does not hate your average man. it hates what men are forced to believe they are, how they are raised, what they are taught to be, and what they are told not to understand. it is a fight against how this creation hurts women. it is not man against woman. it is human beings fighting ignorance, it is human beings fighting cruelty, it is human beings fighting pure stupidity. it is human beings fighting for each other and for the assurance that we will all be treated like the equal human beings we ultimately know we are. that’s all.