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zeroFail  ·  3481 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: In College and Hiding From Scary Ideas

The problem with believing in feminism, the ideal, is simply that the actual product of the movement's efforts have only led to female empowerment. And while female empowerment, especially back when females were anything but empowered, is a noble goal to strive for, the actual results have led to an increasing breakdown in intersexual relations.

With the rise of third wave feminism, the focus has shifted from a focus on gender equality to a focus on victimization and sensationalized dissection of toxicity in culture. Most feminist rhetoric nowadays focuses on a pointless tirade against potential misogyny that exists within what they claim to be every facet of media today. What you see out of it is exactly what this article describes: people become too afraid to face anything that is objectionable to them, and they feel that, in the name of safety for victims and the oppressed, this speech should be demonized and suppressed.