Why I Left Feminism

Why I left Feminism.

I left feminism because I got sick of being lied to, sick of being taken advantage of and I've grown tired of harboring the hateful ideologies that many feminist "leaders" and college professors espouse.

I've moved on from feminism and now I identify myself as an egalitarian. I grew tired of being alone, and I got sick of being attacked everytime I tried to think for myself. So if you don't want social politics to dominate your life and your every iteraction with the opposite sex, then stay away from feminism.

When I went college I jumped into the movement with a passion for social justice and a desire to belong to something bigger than the sum of it's parts. Yes, I became a manhater, a ballbuster and to me, back then, it felt good on my ego to "cut men back down to size".

However, I had very few friends outside of the movement as a result of me wearing my feminism on my sleeve, even other women wanted nothing to do with me, so I immersed myself further into my beliefs and managed to grow my social circle by hanging out with some of the older women who also self-identified as feminists and hung around on campus despite not being employed there OR being involved in academia. They were hangers on, many of them in the age 45-75 bracket who wanted to relive their glory days and a few were friends with the Gender Studies professor.

I allowed them to corrupt me. I was only 19 at the time and these were much older women, seasoned activists who could talk a good talk and win arguments against even the most hardened misogynists, they were my idols so I naturally set out to emulate them.

I would love to go into more detail about what caused me to change my mind about feminism, but I don't want to dwell on those memories but I began to be cast out of the movement like a leper when my beliefs began to evolve, I began to praising moderates like Christina Hoff Summers while respectfully disagreeing with the likes of Gloria Steinham and Andrea Dworkin and I began having positive interactions with male students who were the complete opposite of what the professors and career feminists tell you. That's why many feminist leaders want women involved in feminism to go "Sep", their religion comes into question when the real world comes into play.

My new beliefs irked many of the hardliners and the dark side of the movement began to unfold before my very eyes when a "friend" from my gender studies class actually tried to pay a male student to rape me, luckily he declined the $2000 offer and went straight to the police with a witness instead. She was prosecuted and this was during my senior year.

It wasn't until I left campus life and joined the real world that feminism's fallacy became apparent.

It's not a movement after all, it's an ideology built on misandry, lies, intimidation of other women and a belief that all women are more perfect on their worst day than men on their best. Most sane people want others to be treated fairly, which feminists claim they're all about. Yet they don't practice what they preach.

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  • What... The... F*ck.

  • Congratulations. You made your first step into a larger world.

  • I was a single parent for years, and was treated horribly by the courts because I am not a woman. Feminists claim to suffer from abuses in many forms, but the most obvious and common abuses in this day and age are aimed at men, and it's nothing but revenge when it happens. It's not to say that corrections aren't in order to level the playing field of opportunity for women, but whenever leveling the playing fields amounts to revenge... it's not equal anything, it is exactly what it is... revenge. The question women should ask themselves is "What do you want?" Equality ro revenge. If equality is your choice, you won't find it running with feminists.

  • I applaud you.

    Lauren Southern did the same, you should check out her YouTube channel when you've got the time :)

  • Someone offered someone $2000 to rape you? Why? Were you a movement leader?

  • I love when people realize how feminism is so screwed up!

  • The fact that this was your life... Damn. I'm so sorry.

  • Oh dear, i so want to hug u for ur precious years of life u lost in shitty feminism, and yes! welcome to your very own normal and healthy world where everyone is equal and obliged to love and care for each other. :)

  • The Bible itself states that men are better equipped, for it is us who protect you women. Let's be real here, who's physically stronger and more intelligent? Adam was created first for a reason, not Eve.

    • The Bible fuck hahaha Bible is a book of lies written by a group of crooks. I can't believe people believe in a thousand year old book. And its literally impossible to create a woman out of anybody's ribs so take my advice dump the Bible and get a science book.

    • @Elena_the_Star Just curious? What does the Bibles age have to do with its credibility? You also have no concept of symbolism so you're not as smart as you think you are.

    • @SandorClegane1998 Obviously a thousand year book cannot be used for governing lives in the 21st century. Why are you using modern technology if you want to live in the Middle Ages? Why do you follow the present legal system if something like the Bible is the Ultimate for you? You are the reason dumb people still exist in the world

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  • Wow, that's interesting. Well welcome the the egalitarian movement!

  • The problem with feminism is this distorted reality of women in general. The whole point of "feminism" is to ideally speak up for women's rights, but we often forget that men and women ARE NOT EQUAL IN THE WAYS WE THINK THEY ARE. "Equal but seperate" (inb4 white activates thinks I'm supporting the Jim Crow Laws LOL).

    With men, there's no winning. I'm not a man, but I've witnessed guys who simply just couldn't win against a woman, especially with accusations of rape. If you support a man, then it's considered "victim-blaming" when there are women OUT THERE WHO DO LIE. But besides that, a lot of feminists try to justify immoral behavior (slut-shaming) as some sort of equalizer against both genders, but the reality is that any logical, well-rounded person (regardless of gender) WILL NOT RESPECT ANYBODY WHO JUST CASUALLY SLEEPS AROUND. Feminism isn't about being the best "woman" you can be, it's merely about emasculating men, whilst receiving special benefits, which disgusts me.

    • Your my new best friend :D

    • @hellionthesage lol thank you

    • i agree with everything except the not respecting someone who sleeps around. i can respect that if they do it for fun and aren't hurting anyone

  • glad you admit its a hateful wave and also controlled by higher powers.

  • I am also a very strong believer in egalitarian. I never was a feminist and also I don't like feminism because the way that they attack the male gender for their misbeliefs and jealousy to the rights that they don't have. I want everyone to be treated equal, I want every single person have the equal responsibility and I want everyone to live at peace. I am very proud to say that I strongly believe in equal rights male or female. Feminism are a selfish group of women who tries to be equal to men but pushes even harder for their right to the throne. Thank you for making that decision.

  • feminism is stupid anyway

  • It is interesting that hard core feminists are the exact embodiment of the type of men they hate most.

    • It's called psychologica projection. Quite an interesting concept. They pretty much create a satire and persiflage of how they perceive masculinity. The reality though is that they are insecure and scared of the potential negative outlet of it (most likely due to a lack of proper male role-models and/or the presence of negative ones). They are literally scared of masculinity and men at their core. Toxic-Masculinity is the phrase describing it best. Masculinity isn't toxic, but it's toxic when valved incorrectly. The irony behind it is by attacking masculinity they cause more and more men to valve that energy in negative ways instead of having a constructive, positive outlet for that.

  • Egalitarians are worse then feminist and the MRA in my opinion. It's a cope-out for both misandrist and misogynist to flock to so they aren't attacked for speaking against a certain gender.

    At least now you have the support of the male MRA and Egalitarians.

    • Why do you say that?

    • @hellionthesage Which part are you referring to?

    • "Egalitarians are worse then feminist and the MRA in my opinion. It's a cope-out for both misandrist and misogynist to flock to so they aren't attacked for speaking against a certain gender." Why do you think its a cop out? Why should they speak against a certain gender?

  • Welcome to the anti-feminism circle jerk

  • Make up your mind issue by issue, not by an ideological party. That's my opinion.

  • As a decent human being, I believe EVERYONE has equal rights to having their needs met. However, those needs are v

    • ... are very different. I don't believe in any "-isms". Plus, in psychology any extreme prejudice is usually considered a disorder. Have you ever thought why you need to belong to a certain extreme group in order to feel satisfied? Now you're going from this "ism" to that "ism". Just be on your own side for a while. Experience the enjoyments of life for a while. If it doesn't change your point of view on life, you can always go back to your "isms" :-)

  • But I'm a feminist in the true sense of the words, I don't look up to the leaders because I am no sheep, I think for myself. Trump is a republican, does that mean all republicans absolutely agree with and adore him? That's also why I'm part of the movement because only sheep make the assumption that feminism is basically satanic and that it ruined the world somehow.

    • But it hasn't produced anything positive and has pushed for inequality from the start so I think it is reasonable not to want to be apart of it.

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