On balance modern Feminism is beneficial to the modern United States.

My apologies on the format, something happened to the site so I pasted from Microsoft Word... At least it still exists. I appreciate the kind words, Kasmic, and same goesto you. I like the way you debate and stay away from personal insults. Icompletely agree - ad hominem attacks are useless.Thanks for your opening arguments, I'll see if I have enough room to bring upmy own after addressing yours. Economic InjusticeSo I found a census .pdf that explains the lack of "representation"for females in STEM occupations, however absolutely nothing regarding pay [1].A lack of female dominance or "equal" employment of men and women has(most likely) nothing to do with an employer's discrimination, bias, sexism,etc. And I'd say (this makes sense) a lack of female representation is due tomore males choosing to enter this field of work than females, as females tendto enter more "family" oriented positions, like child care, front ofhouse type stuff, where they are pretty much guaranteed to keep this position.I also, for the life of me, could not find any statistics showing pay betweenmen and women based on same job, same work experience, same age, and sameeducation. I did however find a census .pdf that showed there is a 23%difference between men and women for the most part, but this has nothing to dowith specific jobs [2].When an employer pays a colleague more than another, what's the first thingthat comes to mind? "He/she must be better at this job"? "He/shemust have more experience"? "The boss must see more potential inthis individual"? Either way you look at it, this reasoning makes sense,right? ...So why is it when as soon as a man gets paid more than a woman,everyone blames sexism and says there's no possible way a male can be paid morethan a female other than blatant sexism? Why are work ethics, performance,willingness to advance in the company (or not), not taken into perspective whenthere is a difference in pay between males and females?Would it be possible women just generally don't excel as much as men do in jobssuch as engineering or mathematics or technology, and excel more in jobs gearedtoward "natural female" jobs, such as child care, or jobs thatrequire a personable personality?I found a "top 10" on Discovery.com related to 10 gender differencesbetween men and women [3]. Most are whatever, but one really stood out, andthat is that, according to research and studies, Men handle lack of sleepbetter than women do. This may sound like nothing, but in the long run,would you prefer someone (notice I didn't specify gender) who can work longerwithout getting burnt out? If you were an employer, you would - and that makessense, and doesn't have anything to do with discriminating against a gender.According to KFF, approximately 20% of women live in poverty, whereas 18% ofmen do [4]. This 2% difference most likely has nothing to do withdiscrimination, and to say one group of people statistically have"worse" lives means there is discrimination or sexism or racism orwhatever against that group would be ridiculous. On average, women don't haveas well paying jobs or as well "respected" jobs as men? I can agreewith that. However you would need to prove that this is directly related toblatant sexism, discrimination, etc against women.Did you forget upwards of 70% of the homeless population is male [5]? I don'tknow about you, but I'd much rather live in poverty and have a minimum wage jobwith no benefits than have no house or job and live on the streets. We couldeven argue that women have it better then men when it comes to "true"poverty.To conclude that because women have less paying jobs (even though men have ahigher unemployment rate than women [6]), and a lower representation in higherpaying jobs is a direct repercussion of discrimination or sexism is... well,unrealistic. Domestic ViolenceAlthough statistics show more women are victims of domestic violence than men,that difference isn't very large at all, as about 40% of domestic violencevictims are male [7]. One difference between a guy hitting a girl and a girlhitting a guy is when a girl hits a guy, people laugh. People don't take itseriously. People brush it off and figure he can defend himself. And to beclear, yes, they do laugh, as you can see in this social experiment on YouTube[8]. People LAUGH when a girl is physically assaulting aguy. Men are known to be physically stronger than women, and have a morephysically aggressive mentality, which is most likely the main reason more menassault women than the other way around, but hey, this has nothing to do withsexism. It's genetics. It's biology. It sucks, any crime sucks, but it iscompletely irrational and unrealistic to conclude that there is a relationshipbetween male on female domestic violence and sexism/superiority.One in six men under the age of 18 have been physically sexually abused [9]. Iknow the following is a statistic from way up in Canada, but Canada and Americaaren't very different when you think about it; Men are physically assaulted alot more than women - over three times more men are victims of aggravatedassault than women [10].This is regarding domestic violence however, and although it is clear womenvery well could be assaulted in a domestic relationship/environment more thanmen are, you have not shown how feminism can help, and you have not proved thatthis is even a case of sexism or a superiority complex or anything of thatsort. Statistics are great, however you have not provided a correlation betweendomestic abuse and sexism.And if feminism is not solely a "sexism/equal rights" movement, thenwhy doesn't feminism focus on all types of abuse instead of ones thatfavor/victimize women more than men? How feminism can helpI completely agree 100% that feminism was needed at a time, and did helpdrastically with women's rights and safety, and it was completely necessary inthe 20th century. However modern feminism is truly pushing it.I have been called a rapist by feminists (it doesn't matter if"true" feminists don't consider these women "true"feminists, what matters is "true" feminists still associate withthese "fake" feminists, or "feminazis," by sharing the samename), because I've had sex with women who have had alcohol (while I have also consumed alcohol). I have been called a supporter of rape because Iconsider it wise to avoid dark alleys by yourself, wise to not dress extremelyprovocatively, or stumble around alone while under the influence ofdrugs/alcohol. The term rape culture is basically asking for women to have morerights than men; If a woman claims she was raped - she was. If a woman pointsat a man for rape - he did. If a woman is asked any normal questions carriedout in crime investigations - these people are supporters of rape. Women(feminists) are asking for special treatment and more rights than men.When is it not appropriate for someone to ask what a man was wearing when hewas assaulted? Maybe he was walking down the wrong neighbourhood dressed all inred, and he was assaulted by Crips. Maybe the way he was walking could be takenas an intimidation tactic. Maybe his expensive clothing could be taken asbragging about his money from selling drugs. Asking a victim of any crime factshas nothing to do with supporting their misfortune. It is simple criminalprocedures. Also, you'd rather teach men not to rape than women to try andavoid sick animals who actually do rape? Why not teach people not to murder,steal, harass, extort, or commit any other illegal or hurtful activity? Becauseyou can't. Some people's brains develop much differently than others, whichends up leading some people to harm others, either physically or mentally, orboth. Feminism denies this, and thinks that it would make more sense to tellthese people not to commit crimes than tell people to attempt to avoid thesetypes of people who we really can't do a hell of a lot about. Prisons exist.The death penalty is still in use in some places. I'm sure knowing you'll rotin prison for dozens of years if not your entire life if you rape a girl is abetter deterrent than feminists making blogs and ranting on tumblr (trying notto sound like a jerk, sorry if it comes off that way, I'm passionate about thissubject). Here's an article about rape culture [10], which does have somelegitimate points, but also contains ridiculous things such as, (I'mparaphrasing) "you support rape if you like the song 'blurredlines.' "My arguments have been dismissed by feminists because I am a man, and do notknow what it's like to be a woman. It is clear feminism focuses more on women'sissues than true equality. It also victimizes women to a new extreme. You wereraped if you consumed any alcohol. You were raped if you did not give a definitive“yes.” You were sexually harassed if a guy looked at you in a way you didn’tlike. And much more.My main problem with feminism is it A.Victimizes wR2;oR2;mR2;eR2;nR2; everyone. B. Separates the sexes. C. Breedsplenty extremists and holds a lot of inconsiderate, disrespectful, misandristbigots. D. Categorizes men as rapists or supporters of rape, even if theyaren't, through terms such as rapeculture.Thanks, I'm looking forward to a great next round, and I hope you can address most, if not all, of my points. [1] http://www.census.gov... [2] http://www.census.gov...[3] http://news.discovery.com...[4] http://kff.org...[5] http://www.nationalhomeless.org...[6] http://www.bls.gov... [7] http://www.theguardian.com...[8] (See two videos) http://www.youtube.com... http://www.youtube.com...[9] https://1in6.org...[10] http://everydayfeminism.com...