I can forgive the western women don't need feminism thing because I felt that way too until I had children. Then the patriarchy suddenly became real despite me being privileged, professional, confident, married to a nice man. I then also started seeing the "microaggressions" I'd been subject to previously and younger women were now being subject to and realised I'd had scales on my eyes before. It'd be hard for a man to see it.
Exactly. I was born to a feminist activist in 1951 I was practically bottle-fed feminism, grew up in a time when women REALLY had it hard could not work if they were married, etc etc. My mother was ground breaking in our country and very outspoken, an icon. I've also lived in third world countries where women really are at the bottom of the heap.
So I have been very meh about today's young white Western feminists going on about things that seem so very minor to me, in comparison.
I was confident enough to be a SAHM and brave the insults of some feminists who thought my mind would go rusty and I'd go mad with boredom: it didn't and I didn't. I still managed to be an independent woman with quite a thriving career as a writer.
I had the feeling that feminism today meant emulating men; accepting male values such as money and prestige and career success being worth more than human values such as love and compassion and caring for others. So I had a lot of trouble accepting the word feminism wholesale, as it seemed to be all about being more male than men. I grew up in a leftist family. My dad was an out and out Marxist. I always voted for left parties.
But the whole gender identity thing ripped scales from my eyes. To me it is a trojan horse through which men are once again trying to take over -- by stealth. I cannot believe that women who call themselves feminists accept things like changing birth certificates and TWAW,
My mother would turn in her grave. Now, at going on 68, I'm getting ready to follow in her footsteps.
And I do understand why some men think feminism has lost the plot. Considering how so many US feminists (Hilary Clinton and all the female Dem presidential candidates!) accept this crap wholesale: it has.