On July 2nd, 1964, the 88th Congress of the United States enacted a civil rights legislation to end discrimination within the United States. Discrimination against religion, gender and race. This was a huge step into a freer and a morally right country by ensuring all of its citizens the God given rights they have protected by our constitution. The feminist movement has played a large role in bringing out facts about unequal pay, unfair representation and un-equal rights. However, the feminist movement, today, is a bold statement that may not be healthy for society, as it has destroyed the family’s relationship. As Milo Yiannopoulos puts it with his famous hashtag, feminism is cancer.
First, I need to take the opportunity to make my thoughts clear. I am in no way saying that women do not have equal rights as men, and vice versa. Women are just as cool as men, and for any man to belittle a woman because she is a woman is anything but a man, but rather, a pitiful excuse for a child. Ok, great, now that that’s out of the way, let us begin.
Feminism has many roots and many forms, most of which are not bad in and of themselves. The idea of feminism (for women) is fantastic. However, modern feminism and the like (you know, the naked parades, abortion on demand without apology, “keep your rosaries off my ovaries” bullsh*t you see daily) has done anything but good for the modern woman and society as a whole. Let’s start back towards Margaret Sanger, the “voice for the helpless.” Margaret Sanger, from common knowledge, was a big advocate for medical birth control and medical abortions, all for the sake of the “rights” of women. This was during an era when women were starting to get tired of the old routine of cooking, cleaning and making sandwiches for the men. With the running idea of male patriarchy following hand and hand, men in general started to become demonized.
According to the “National Center for Health Statistics” and the “National Vital Statistics System,” in 1965 around 9 percent of all homes in the United States were fatherless. That number soon skyrocketed to 41 percent by 2010 (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/1...). According to the World Bank, the amount of women on contraception (ages 15-49) was around 10 percent, and skyrocketed to 70 percent in 2008 (http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/cont...) Consequently, 56 percent of inmates in jail said they've come from fatherless homes according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/pji02.pdf). Why do all these statistics matter? Well, we start to see a pattern. It starts with the demonizing of the male gender, then moves to “I can do what I want” then “my body my choice” and now, no fathers. It may be a trend of numbers that have nothing to do with each other, however you can’t sit back and say it does not have anything to do with each other without looking into it.
One of the great slogans in modern feminism is, “we don’t need men.” Why don’t you need men? Where would you be without men? Even if you found a way to conquer the whole biology problem of reproduction, what can you accomplish without men? Obviously a lot, but you can’t survive. Just like men can’t survive without women. As Dr. Deborah Savage put it in her talk titled “Is There A War on Men?” at the “Woman: Gift in Culture and Church” conference held at Franciscan University of Steubenville Ohio last April, “we’d still be in caves if it weren’t for men”. Now, I could go on about how we are built differently and we complement each other, and blah blah blah. You already know that. What feminism is doing is pushing men out of the equation entirely.
Feminism was originally formed, in my understanding, to speak out against the unfair treatment women were receiving, with unequal pay and no (legal) right to vote. The goal was to elevate women’s status to that of men’s. Well call me a privileged white cracker if I say, they've accomplished that. However, this isn't enough for the modern day feminist. There were a few philosophies I have gathered that have come out of this disturbance in the patriarchy (I know, that was bad) and the two major ones were, women need to be equal with men in ALL things, or, gender doesn’t even exist. Without going too deep into these, I want to stick to my main point. About fatherhood.
Women have become so obsessed with being equals to men, they now think they have the ability to raise children all on their own! Now, again, don’t jump to conclusions. I fully am aware (witnessed first-hand with close friends) and I fully acknowledge that there are exceptions. Sometimes single mothers aren't single by choice, but by circumstance, or by bad luck. Still, they raise wonderful children who become adults. However, that’s a small percentage of the whole. When you start considering that over half of the nation’s jail inmates come from fatherless homes, it’s time to wonder. What happened? (Now, before you get all crazy and talk about how since the 80’s, crime has been consistently decreasing. Yes, I know, I’ve read the statistics. However, the rest of the world experienced a very similar trend round the same time. I think the circumstances around that time are a bit different, and such circumstances are rising again, which would prove the opposite effect in a short few years. Yes, I am predicting more crime in the future).
This is just an intro into a series of articles coming around the corner. I just wanted you to get thinking. Is feminism bad? What is the cause of the broken family system? I probably left you with more questions than answers, but that’s a good thing. What do you make of this; the status of society is a reflection of the status of the family. Do you agree, or disagree? I want to know your thoughts. Do you think feminism is cancer?
