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You know there is something wrong when you’re afraid to voice out on social media for fear of getting backlash from the very movement that claims to protect you.

I’m talking about indiscriminate feminism.

Feminism is currently in a horrible state. In practice, sexism remains rampant; on media, it is dominated by a brand of extreme feminism that bullies and coerces reasonable disagreements into silence.

The horror is in the perpetuating effects both have on each other. As long as gender discrimination exists (and it does, in workplaces, in schools, in whole societies), feminists will not be appeased. But as long as indiscriminate feminism remains in the media spotlight, feminist movements that do make significant changes find themselves in a lockdown because of the association with their more unreasonable counterpart.

The problem lies in extreme feminism. It’s inability to target or remedy actual problems, distracting the public from more pertinent issues, and most of all portraying feminism distastefully, diverting possible supporters of feminism away as a result.

True, the line between feminism and radical f is difficult to draw. But there are obvious cases. Take Matt Taylor’s shirt as an example. To begin with, it wasn’t meant to be, nor was it even, sexist. It was just a bloody shirt with a cute print gifted to him by a friend. Do we really have to make the man cry? Does it make you feel great that he is breaking gender stereotypes of emotional fragility? Do you draw pleasure from demonizing and unleashing the internet on a poor guy who was just enjoying some credit for his scientific accomplishments?

My heart went out to him.

Radical feminism is so often hypocritical and unnecessarily offensive. There are better ways to correct someone’s unintentional mistake, which you happen to find personally offensive, that does not involve aggression. There is very little difference between patriarchy and physical/psychological assaults towards women, and the bullying that some self-claimed feminists do online.

The media is great for many things, but when it comes to feminism, it has massively fucked every centimeter of shit up. There was progress, and so, so much potential for gender equality. But along the way a deviant branch of feminism swept opportunities of constructive debates off the table. You are either in complete agreement with their often contradictory “feminist” creeds, or your opinion is wrong.

It is frightening because it creates an illusion of feminist success, when in fact it is a non-functional feminism that has no impact on social practices (besides men being more cautious of making sexist comments, but out of fear of criticism than real respect for women). Sexism remains entrenched, probably even aggravated by online policing. And here when i say sexism, i mean both discrimination against women and men.

If i had more time and less of a migraine, i would write a longer piece. In the mean time, please let me know where to get a Gunner Girl shirt. I will wear it around and if anyone tells me not to wear a “sexist” shirt, I’ll tell them to stop controlling what women should or should not wear and unleash angry radical feminist hashtags on them.

THIS is what we should be concerned about, not shirt prints:
https://www.change.org/p/deputy-prime-minister-teo-chee-hean-minister-for-home-affairs-keep-julien-blanc-and-real-social-dynamics-rsd-rsdnation-out-of-singapore

Another great example of extreme f shutting down anybody who isn’t in complete agreement with them:
http://apgnation.com/archives/2014/09/09/6977/truth-gaming-interview-fine-young-capitalists