Today 08:43 BertrandRussell
"I need to look out for my daughter and how to combat feminist extremism"
What on earth do you mean?
That's an answer I'd like to see!
OP, this is a feminist board, for people to talk about feminist issues. It's not an explanatory article, or a teaching resource.
The women who post on here are mostly very informed about feminism, the history of it and why we have it.
And it's a large topic. But the very first tenet that has to be accepted is that we do live under a patriarchy. Unfortunately, the very word patriarchy will induce an eye roll in some people. So you might find it easier to think of it as male chauvinism.
Women also understand that men do not comprehend what living under a patriarchy is like for girls and women. The objectification of women and girls and a sense that they are just not quite as good as men is what leads to the statistical, proven oppression of females.
When you consider that 117 million girl babies are aborted before they are born, purely on the basis that they are female, you might ask yourself why? And although that is not something that is part of the culture here, it should inform you nonetheless.
I don't know how old your daughter is, but if she engages in any kind of on line discourse with boys when she's a teenager, one of the very first things she will be asked is to 'send nudes'. And it will be constant. Did you know that studies are suggesting that a girl's first sexual experience is now anal sex? If you think but boys will be boys, then you're part of the problem, not the solution.
If you want to bring your children up with any kind of respect for humanity, let alone respect for the opposite sex. I would consider it an urgent duty on your behalf, to investigate feminism. With an open mind. And with your daughter in mind.
Do not dismiss it. You will not experience what women and girls experience. You will never have experienced it. You may well think you know, but you don't. You have to overcome that hurdle.
One of things that women here are often expected to do is to explain feminism to men, and then to justify it when they disagree. We know why you disagree. It doesn't happen to you! We know the questions, we know how the discussion pans out, it's very predictable. It happens all the time.
If you are serious and your opening post is in good faith just take a few hours (a few hours over the course of a few weeks surely is not too much of an investment) and browse the feminist boards for more general topics like sexism at work.
Cordelia Fine's book, Delusions of Gender explains easily and neatly why girls and boys get treated differently. And how women suffer for it.