The
mythical ‘war on men’ and The war on men are two articles discussing men and female attitudes
about feminisms. I found these articles very interesting because the issue of
whether men are superior or inferior to women is quite ridiculous. Men and
women should not feel like they are discriminated against because they did not qualified
for the job or qualified for the promotion. They probably didn’t get the job
because they weren’t seen as someone that could be successful at that position.
It absolutely has nothing to do with gender.
The article, The
war on men by Suzanne Venker was very surprising. In her article she claims
that, “women need men’s linear career goals—they need men to pick up the slack
at the office—in order to live the balanced life they seek.” I believe that
this claim is very hurtful towards women. I do not think that women need men to
do anything for them to live a balance life. I say, women can do anything men
can do!
Michael
Kimmel, the author of The mythical ‘war
on men’ wrote a rebuttal to The war
on men. I really enjoyed Kimmel’s
rebuttal because he makes a more valid argument about the equality of men and
female. He claims, “And the empirical evidence suggests that men are quietly
adapting to a very new landscape. Most of the 400 young men who I interviewed
for my book “Guyland” assume, without resentment, that their wives will be as
fully committed to their careers as they are.” Men and women should, “Stop the
madness. There’s no war between the sexes.” I believe the topic of feminism and
the war between men and female came up in the media just so people would have
something to talk about and bicker over.
I really like your last sentence. I agree this this topic really is just more to give people something to talk about than to actually make change happen. I agree the people should not say they are discriminated against because they didn't get a certain job. I agree that they just weren't the right person for the job.
ReplyDeleteI like that of the 400 young men he interviewed, most assume "without resentment" that their wives will pursue careers, and that they (the men) will share equally in caring for children, etc. These days, if I'm ever around a man (or woman) who looks at gender as some sort of handicap, I tend to view this person as I would someone who judged another based on race or religion--as infantile and dangerous. I mean, I understand that growing up it's common for boys to be annoyed by girls and vice versa, but there's a time to move past that. I mean seriously, when someone suggests that a woman can't do something well because she's a woman, or that she might be too emotional because she's a woman, I'm like "Really? Grow up. And furthermore, why is emotion suddenly a bad thing?"
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