Contemporary feminism?

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The idea of the herd  and of course pastoral guidance or leadership, are based on the system of the church. I think many people expect this system to be replicated in the feminist movement, but there are many good reasons for wishing it would not be reproduced. Concerns with morality and how things appear to others and the role of the community in policing behavior ought to be restricted to religious communities. It seems people wish to belong to a community called “feminism”, but I would rather see them develop their critical thinking skills and learn how difficult it is to be independent from patriarchal norms.

Every major site I visit indicates to me that the message that “feminists” are getting across these days is that they demand more acceptance for what were once considered the negative aspects of traditional femininity. They want frivolity, caprice and arbitrariness in action to be accepted as their right. They want to call the shots. They want to determine what is moral. They want more acceptance for hurt feelings and more legal power for motherhood. They want what they want. But they don’t want to conform to the other side of traditional femininity, which would require some docility and obedience. They like only the self-indulgent side, where they get to be shrill.

When MRAs and others criticize “feminism”, this is what they are really seeming to attack — this new femininity.

I really don’t have much time for it, myself.