Men patronizing feminism

Why is it that men always come with hyphenated terms like 'Marxist-feminism', 'liberal-feminsim', this feminism and that femisnim? And then start bashing the whole movement of feminism on this grudge and that grudge? Who are men to even talk about what femisnim is and what femisnim should be. There is a concept "checking your privilege." It can be said that being a man and enjoying the perks of male-privilege men are totally disqualified to talk about the 'privileges' that women ask for? And what is meant by privilege at all? Are the cosmetic measure which are thrown at women to hide structural inequality being treated a privilege here? You will be aware of gender pay gap, workplace harassment and all that but men consider a woman having a separate car parking a 'woman privilege'. You will be aware of the rapes and sexual harrasment but women being given a separate queue is considered a 'woman privilege'. Men forget that what they are calling privilege or special treatment is because of the behavior of men themselves and whatever cosmetic measures are put in place provide somewhat safe space to women.
Also, when there is that level of structural inequality, then rather than tackling that inequality saying that women should face the system without any guarantees of protection
, a system which is inherently designed for oppression of women, is vouching for the success and permanence of that system. Make the system, the workplace, the public spaces gender-equal then of-course we can talk about the cosmetic measure which are called 'privilege of women'.
Also, many men throw a thing called 'woman card'. It is as non-existent as privilege for women in a patriarchy. Woman card or women privilege is some imaginative rhetorical device invented by men to hide behind when they are not able to come to terms with what patriarchy has done to women and is doing to women and that women will have to define their own struggle, not men.

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