re: T/F: Feminists are, by and large, joyless and bitter and...

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You see...I have been around many that would fit this description, and some that would not (hence, the "by and large" qualifier).

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I have a few feminist friends. A couple are bat shite crazy radical feminists, but I don't talk to them any more so I no longer refer to them as friends.

I have been told that I hate women because I don't agree that consensual sex is rape and that I don't believe in special privlidge. I don't believe that getting in a non physical argument with your SO is domestic violence. I don't believe that getting drunk and having consensual sex is rape, it's regret. I think that women that falsely accuse men of rape should be punished.

My 2 friends that are normal feminists aren't bad. They know not to start preaching to me because I will tell them to STFU. Their definition of equality and my definition of equality are very different. I believe in gender roles. Their preaching will not change that. Maybe it's because I'm the only girl out of 3 children, idk. I grew up in a 2 parent home where me and mom cooked every day and the boys did yard work and took out the trash. I'm not saying that everyone should conform to those roles...to each their own, I guess.

I stopped talking to the radical ones, completely. They want male oppression, not equality. It would really piss them off when I would tell them that there are things that men can do that women can't. For the most part, and there are always exceptions, men are physically stronger than women. I'm not above admitting that I'm a woosy girl and I need men to carry heavy shite for me. And I appreciate it when guys open doors for me. I love being treated like a lady and I dress feminine for me. They hate it and I don't understand why. They are just as entitled to their opinions as I am to mine.

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You know the reason we have feminist? Women generally hate each other so they naturally isolate themselves in society. Men on the other hand are generally team players. Men generally don't worry about petty shite and naturally want to be led as a team. I believe it stems from a hunter/gatherer evolutionary thing.

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There is a lot of truth to this.