Argumentative Penguin
1 min readMar 23, 2024

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Not entirely; you can be a humanitarian because humanity has done (in liberal democracies at least) the bare minimum required to keep the toxic minority in check. That is what the legal system is for. There is a toxic minority in most movements, political parties and belief systems but they are usually ejected from the movement in general - or at least the main adherents to the movement, political party, or religion make it clear they aren't to be considered as part of the main. Condemnation and exclusion and a new out-group is created.

My objection to feminism is simple; that hasn't happened. Misandrists are just as destabilising to the goals of feminism as misogynists (although there are significantly fewer of them) but radical feminists like Valerie Solanas are still considered within the broad movement. Feminists (somewhat tongue in cheek) celebrate a book called 'I hate men' and don't consider the implications of what this might do to either young men or young women across society.

Don't get me wrong, I don't think men are the victims here - I just don't think the term feminism is very helpful. It frames the issue in the wrong way - and it's why I prefer gender egalitarianism. Something which helps people cut through the genitals of those involved (ouch) and see the issues objectively.

Should you wish to analyse what that looks like as a process then you can start here. https://medium.com/p/c0ec43ff7a52

And for a bonus article here's me asking questions about feminism from someone who wants to know more about my position.

https://medium.com/p/97a857347ceb

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Argumentative Penguin
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