Feminists believe society is androcentric, which I don't believe is totally true. Obviously men make more money, and politically have more power. However, I don't believe this is necessarily the most important thing to be valued. If the family unit is the foundation of society, then it could be argued that women have had more of an important role than femanists give them credit for in society. I believe that all people should have equal rights under the law, however, as far as the family unit and roles within the family, I believe it should be left to the individual to decide. My mom, for example, believes that women should assume the role of raising the children until they are in school. Some people may perceive family as being more valuable than economic and political power; for such people, caring for their offspring is the more valuable role to have.
I believe that feminists value the things that men stereotypically value (objective things), and are annoyed by the woman that disagree. I agree with feminism's goal of equality under the law, but disagree with its attempt to homogenize men and woman socially (people should be free to do as they wish under the law). Another disagreement I have is when feminists claim that men have always objectified women, it could easily be applied the other way around. Men have largely been objectified as being tools to provide sustenance and protection, while women have largely been in roles that allow them to value non-objective things like raising/nurturing offspring, etc., so I believe this is a purely subjective argument. The traditional male-role is equally or more objectifying than being a housewife (who probably has closer relationships with her children, for example). Another example of this is during times of war, men are objectified in a way that threatens their very existence in order to protect their families and countries. Valuing wealth and power is to value objective things, so regardless, people are going to be objectified when these are the things that are valued in a society. Feminists are unknowingly feeding into the valuing of objective things, which only exasperates the problem they claim exists. Objectification and dehumanization are the real problems in society; such things are gender neutral, and occur in different ways among the differently labled groups.
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