I was researching men and feminism on the internet - I google terms like 'male empowerment', 'boy empowerment' and 'men and feminism' - and found several results indicate that men should embrace feminism...by not only supporting women's rights and female empowerment but also gender equity. While I believe that women is better (or should be better) then men, I found out that it's best for both men and women to be treated equally. And I think so too.
I think that if women should talk about their rights, then they should talk about men's rights and male empowerment as well. And I think that we, as men, should be talking But unfortunately - and apparently I have to say that word because of today's society changes - like this article here, we're on a male dominated society. That means that feminist only focus on women empowerment. They also believe that men have all of the power and they control women, which is unfortunately true.
Even more, I don't think it's discuss in these articles, but do you notice the number of movies and television shows with male leads (or a male lead) that you're seen? I believe there is no discussion about male empowerment in any of them. The message in those movies* tell us that boys and men should be tough, aggressive, and protect women.
*Okay to be honest, I haven't gone to a movie theater since late July 2006 and I haven't seen a particular male-oriented movie since the late 2000s.
I think that today's society AS WELL AS the entertainment industry - while I might be happy that they producing some films with strong female characters - should rethink about boys and men and start thinking about male rights and male empowerment.
That's all I have to say. Look at my Pinterest collection about female superheros here. Yes my account name is "thisisthenewmalcolm". I haven't update it since.
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