'I don't understand why women wear watches when there's a perfectly good clock on the stove'
Three months ago declaring yourself a feminist was the 'on trend' thing. Now, just like many old trends, society has taken to making fun of this. Making petty jokes about feminists; how they must look, how they must act. Developing a stereotype for what being a feminist entails. I recently read a tweet suggesting a brilliant idea: 'feminists: if only they put all that passion into their cooking'. Genius. Yet what these people do not know, is that most of them are in fact feminists themselves.
For example, do you believe one sex should be superior to the other? If your answer is no, then you are also a feminist. Regardless of your gender. And you have probably been making fun of yourself by retweeting these 'jokes' - (if your answer to that question was yes, then you should probably go for some time out). Feminists stand for equality. It pains me that more people are not aware of this. Feminism is not an uprising female army wanting to dominate men. It is a statement, and an awareness, that unfortunately most people do not know the definition of.
'Before you text that girl first again today, remember you're giving her full control and becoming her bitch. Make her text you.'
If you believe in the equality of the sexes, then you are a feminist - male or female. Similarly, if you say you are a feminist with the belief that women should be dominant over men, then you are in fact the opposite of a feminist. If you posted a picture to social media on international women's day saying 'who run the world? GIRLS!', then this completely contrasts the beliefs of feminism. I adore Beyoncé, but imagine if the lyrics of that song were different, and instead a male sang 'who run the world? MEN!'; can you even begin to imagine the uproar? On top of this, if you're a 'feminist' that still refers to other women as bitches, then you are not a feminist. You are simply giving the opposite sex a free pass to do the same, whilst teaching society that it's okay to refer to women as female dogs.
'okay it's international women's day, so bitch, #OpTicGaming is playing and you're over here worrying about the wrong shit smh'
I have never despised a twitter page as much as do @meninisttweet. Even the label 'meninist' shows that the creators clearly have no clue what feminism is. And the fact that they have a growing number of 700,000 followers proves that too many people are still clueless. Since when did our society become proud to piss people off? Honestly, I think the person behind these tweets has had a bad past with women, and this account had been created in order for them to have somewhere to channel their aggression toward females. Mature. So why has this account not been removed from social media? Just because the twitter bio mentions 'obviously sarcasm' (demeaning as always), means that this account is allowed to continue influencing the opinions of 700,000 people? The answer speaks for itself.
'Feminism is a joke #offendeveryoneinfourwords'
- said the more than likely feminist.
