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  • Tanima
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    Yes, I strongly believe in this concept.
    First let us be clear what are the core of the concepts.
    Patriarchy makes a society which is strongly supervised or you can say dominated by male. While feminism come against the theory of patriarchy which demands equal rights of men and women.

    Due to most of the patriarchal behaviors going on and on, make female believe that they are always inferior. In the other hand, male society lack manners to behave well. They’re never told about asking permission, whether it’s from his mother, sister, wife or someone else. This behavior make them arrogant.
    And of course all of us are aware of what happened next. Domestic violence, sexual harassment is the explicit truth of our world.
    Whether it’s about some middle class men to the utmost higher ranked officers, they denies to take order from women. As a result female leadership can’t make a stand in our parliament. There’s no voice to talk alongside of women.
    These patriarchal norms make us believe how much unsafe are our women are if they step outside, which is again from the men due to patriarchy. Women are not allowed to be strong, to do jobs which needs much physical activity. They never get the chance of trying.
    Parents are disheartened because of a girl child birth. As the thought is already deeply rooted that doing household chores are the only duty girl has and arranging her marriage is the last duty they have as a parent.
    Continuous women exploitation, child marriage, child molestation are the results of these patriarchy.
    As a result half of our society get to be unheard. When we’re aiming for a whole development of our society, we can’t just develope men, women are also from the same society and need to be developed.
    Again if we look into many families, we’ll mostly get to see in the middle class families, that securing job is the only option for their finance, education and every necessities. In some crucial state if a husband loses his job or when a husband wants to continue for his passion, his wife is still not allowed to attend a service according to her eligibility. Cursing the wife is normal for our society, but then the male will not be escaped too from bad-mouthing and questions.
    In the other words this patriarchy defines that it’s better not to survive at all, rather than let your wife work outside. As a result, not only the family suffer, but also the male get pressurized.

    Now why feminism is better?
    Patriarchy not only harms female, but also they are somehow affecting men. As in a patriarchal society, a man himself don’t have a choice of letting go the expectations. It represent a men dominating society, leaving a man no choice other than being that dominator. It’s not only about the female who can’t achieve their dreams due to patriarchal norms, it’s also about those men who can’t fulfill their dreams of attending a less respected job, according to society, as maybe they will earn less or walk on some other paths than what society wants him to .
    So many of us must have thought feminism as a solely development or just as opposite of today’s patriarchy is. But it’s not true even a little.
    We want a society where a man and woman go side by side, supporting each other.

    Gayatri Somvanshi
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    Well honestly I agree with this because there is so big difference with premotion of both the concepts. Patriarchy is something that says that woman is part of man’s life and man is woman’s entire life. According to them, woman is possession and man has every right on her and her life should always be monitored by man andan has all the right to decide for every woman in his life be it his wife , mother, sister or daughter. It promotes women to always have lower status and respect than men.
    Whereas feminism is the concept of equality not to put any gender down. Let me tell you feminist doesn’t mean man hating it all about equal right and respect for women.
    Equal opportunities , equal pay and make this society realise that we women are also women and we can achieve everything man can achieve. It’s all about making this society aware of our existence and our worth as man himself has been carried out by a woman for 9 months and he has emerged from her yet how ironic that all his life he desperately tries every means to suppress her. But still countless times women have also proved that she is the mother of man no doubt.
    Yet this patriarchal society had always tried to hold women back. People think feminism is all about women wanting to be greater than men but feminism is being able to stand shoulder to shoulder with men. To break the image that society had built about women. To break the thought that makeup , creams, fashionable clothes, housework are meant for women and bikes, jeans and office are meant for men. To tell them that women are not only limited to the job of teacher, doctor or whatever table and chair related jobs but we can also be a CEO, pilot , engineer and chef. It’s all about equality.

    Yash Tiwari
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    From the White House to The Federal Bureau of Investigations, we see examples of patriarchy’s negative effects in our country and world. Any conversation of the current state of our country and its political landscape cannot dismiss the role of masculinity and patriarchy in our government. We all hear it and know it’s true, but sometimes, you just need a reminder. Feminism, on the other hand, is anyone who supports the equal treatment of males and females, but especially supports the rights, dignity, integrity, and opportunity for females. This is an issue that permeates every aspect of American culture. It is prevalent at every level of our nation.

    Before we understand patriarchy and what feminism is, it is important to know that all of them can be defined from a male and female perspective. Patriarchy defines the social construct which has been created for men to maintain dominance over women. Feminism creates awareness that this system (patriarchy) is harmful in many different ways, especially towards men. Feminism has been replacing patriarchy as the most widely known ideology for gender equality. The most common conception of a feminist is a woman who believes and strives for complete social, political, and economical equality between all genders. Understanding this definition, we can conclude that saying you oppose feminism would mean you oppose gender equality. By doing so, you are willing to risk falling into the negative consequences of male oppression.

    For example, domestic violence, sexual abuse, and the oppressiveness of masculinity are all social problems that people often will say men created or men suffer from. Feminists have worked to change this image so that these issues can be called social problems as opposed to being seen as a male-specific problem. Feminism is primarily a movement about women’s rights that fights for equality as a means to promote justice on both sides. The word “feminist” itself is simply an umbrella term to describe the diverse group of people who strive for gender justice and include everyone from society’s so-called “fringe-elements” to politicians.

    The only solution I can see to this problem is very hard work. It means recognizing that gender inequity is pervasive and not just a little thing. It means we have to confront the deeply held myths of patriarchy, the view that rape and sexual violence are about private feelings or individual motivations rather than about power and control. It means we have to look at ourselves in the mirror and rethink our relationship with men.

    Manpreet Singh
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    Regardless of where you look in the various aspects of our nation’s way of life and our recent developments, male strength can be, indeed, very predominant and tyrannical. Male-centric society is the conceptualization of how men, particularly cis men, and manliness are viewed as better than, are more regarded than, and hold a bigger number of advantages than ladies and nonbinary individuals or gentility. It has been pervading practically every part of our lives. Despite the fact that man centric society is set up in a manner to profit men, it can likewise hurt men from various perspectives, as men are under the steady examination that male controlled society has set up.
    Feminism turns that thought of keeping away from brilliance on its head. What numerous women’s activists advocate is that all individuals, particularly men, be more gender-sensitive and contemplative, be more OK with being called out for things that others may disapprove of. A major piece of women’s liberation is seeing what one’s activities and convictions mean for other people, which male-centric manliness deliberately tries not to by maintaining a more individualistic/man-versus-the-world mindset. This part of women’s liberation, particularly as it has advanced lately, can assist men with understanding that keeping up a persona of ultra-manliness or machismo is something that not just makes others awkward, it can straightforwardly hurt those they love or care about the most. Women’s liberation tries to dispose of those antiquated ideas of being a “genuine man” or a “genuine lady.” Feminists would prefer to destroy those standards and make a general public that doesn’t let sex or whatever body parts you have direct how individuals ought to or shouldn’t act.
    The main thing to be mentioned at the end that in any kind of social system, a balanced approach should be made. Feminism is not bad, but we should not divert from the main meaning.

    Semantee Chattopadhyay
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    Patriarchy as per Wikipedia, “is a social system in which men hold primary power and predominate in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege and control of the property. Some patriarchal societies are also patrilineal, meaning that property and title are inherited by the male lineage.” Men today are more likely to have control over property, social and economic spheres. The impact that patriarchal society has on men is astounding, and this is one of the many reasons why feminism is needed for men, not just women. Patriarchal society puts men in a box; this man box suppresses male emotion by holding men up to antiquated standards perpetuated by toxic masculinity”Feminism is about all genders having equal rights and opportunities. It’s about respecting diverse women’s experiences, identities, knowledge and strengths, and striving to empower all women to realise their full rights.” t is well established that women are under-represented in positions of power and leadership, undervalued, and experience discrimination and gender-based violence in scientific and health disciplines across the world.
    But the patriarchy is not the “natural” human state. It is, though, very real, often a question of life or death. At least 126 million women and girls around the world are “missing” due to sex-selective abortions, infanticide or neglect, according to United Nations Population Fund figures. In more gender-equal societies men are half as likely to be depressed, less likely to commit suicide, have around a 40% smaller risk of dying a violent death and even suffer less from chronic back pain. Adolescent boys in those countries have fewer psychosomatic complaints and are more likely to use contraceptives. The fight for gender equity is everyone’s responsibility, and this means that feminism, too, is for everybody—for men and women, researchers, clinicians, funders, institutional leaders, and, yes, even for medical journals.

    038 deepika Singh
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    Patriarchy is a hierarchal system in which men are at the top of the hierarchy and women are below them while on the other hand feminism is a belief that smashes the patriarchy and considers women and men as equal entities.

    Patriarchy considers a male as the head of a family regarding them as superior while considering women as the inferior ones. Here women are completely excluded from any kind of participation in economical or political decisions. The attributes pertaining to women are considered as ‘feminine’ and those pertaining to men are considered as ‘masculine’, undervaluing the former one. It is the prime obstacle in the advancement and development of women. Patriarchy, which pre-supposes the natural superiority of male over female, shamelessly upholds women’s dependence on men in all aspects of life.

    Feminism aims at destroying the roots of patriarchy, thereby bringing equalities between genders. Patriarchy is not just bad it a issue of great concern that needs to be fixed and feminism is the solution to it.

    Afshan Iqbal
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    Patriarchy is bad and feminism is good. Of course. Let’s see why!

    Feminism is the belief that men and women should have equal rights. It’s about acknowledging both the genders equally, none more or less than the other. It’s about assuring that girls and women get the same opportunities that boys and men get in their lives. It’s about learning, unlearning, and relearning the basic concept associated with women’s equality. It’s not about hating men. It’s not about women’s superiority. Feminism is about accepting and empowering women to stand up for their rights and not about ridiculing other genders or hating other genders. Feminism is about accepting and empowering women to stand up for their rights and not about ridiculing other genders or hating other genders. This is what feminism is about. It is a movement that empowers women and gives them a voice to stand up for themselves.

    Whereas Patriarchy is a system of society in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it. It is simply a disease that is persisting in our society and no matter how much we try we won’t be able to curb it until and unless it is healed from the roots. It is present among us in so many ways like a family being identified by a male and not a female and the concept that a man is supposed to work outside and be a breadwinner for the family while a woman should work inside and take care of the household. When it comes to the workplace, sometimes there are traces of women falling prey to misogyny. When men witness women doing better than them, they hardly accept a woman’s leadership and as a result, she is required to work in a tactful environment where her opinions do not matter as much. So definitely we need to curb patriarchy so that it doesn’t affect women anymore which is why we need to support feminism and encourage it. As a society, we have to learn, unlearn and relearn a number of things in order to make a better world for all genders.

    Aditi Sahu
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    Yes, I totally agree with the statement that patriarchy is bad and feminism is good. Patriarchy is the structure that makes sure that the dominance of men over women prevails. On the other hand, feminism is the movement that aims to dismantle patriarchy and liberate women. In today’s society, when the crimes and tortures against women are so prevalent, it is no surprise to see that patriarchy still exists everywhere. Women still fear for their lives whenever they step out of their homes. They fear for their lives no matter where they are. And the only solution to all of this is feminism. Patriarchy is the reason that society’s harmful mindset has still persisted. Things like gender roles and unreasonable beauty standards for women, are all in one way or the other a product of patriarchy.

    The only solution to improve the society that patriarchy has created is feminism. We desperately feminism in our lives. People need to understand the concept of feminism, and why it matters so much. We need to adopt feministic standards in our everyday life, be at homes or at the workplace or literally anywhere else. We need to have principles that conform to feminism and follow them. Only then, our society can be free of unjust practices like patriarchy and misogyny.

    Samriti Sharma
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    I believe this is beyond something good and bad it can be said that it is indeed the need of the hour to recognise and stand up in solidarity for promoting the concept of feminism clearly which bus contrary to the practice of patriarchy.
    Patriarchy is the term used to describe mala dominance over women in society, a practice where rights and obligations of women were suppressed due to male dominance whereas the concept of feminism on the other hand has evolved as a mechanism to protect and promote the interest of women in particular to give them the opportunity to obtain education, employment and right to participate in political affairs of the country.
    For the development of the nation as a whole it now has become very important that women should be introduced to education and employment in various sectors as women are capable enough to handle responsible positions in the given sector. Feminism has done a commendable job in past few years to improve the condition of women not only in india but at the international level too as it is a global movement.

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