If you were to change something about the feminist movement, what would you change?
January 4, 2026
If you were to change something about the feminist movement, what would you change?
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The racism
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I’m not sure how much of an issue it is, as an atheist, but the vast majority of religions are incompatible with feminism and the view that women are not only human beings, but equals to men.
Also I am against surrogacy becauses it leads to too many ethical issues around the fetus/baby and the woman’s body. Organs are typically not for sale or for rent but somehow this is an exception in some countries because “babies”.
Regarding children and families: care-work is still 95% done by women (at least here in Austria). And almost all of us work to earn money. So there is a kind of a financial independence when children are involved (for the more priviliged women), but an incredibly heavy double-load of paid work and unpaid labour nowadays. Idk if i would change something regarding the feminst movement, it‘s a process i assume, but the reality of care-work and paid labour, while raising children and deal with life is horrendous imo.
It would have been 100% successful.
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I would take white feminism out of the equation.
Choice feminism. some choices are upholding the patriarchy like plastic surgery or sex work. And being religious while saying you’re feminist. If your religion is misogynistic, you’re not feminist
Ignoring the fact that there is no singular feminist movement because there are many different ideologies based in feminism, I’d kick the TERFs
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The way it’s constantly being attacked by the media in an attempt to discredit it.
That a whole bunch of people gave up and stopped thinking we needed it anymore, and here we are on the edge of losing so much we fought for.
Less prone to propaganda. The free-bleeding movement, the pink tax, twaw, etc;
Looking at all men as “the enemy.” The ones in power who push legislature to restrict our rights are the problem, not Billy Who Works At Target.
To make it more individualistic. The problem with modern feminism is over-reliance on the collective. People would rather find company in misery and waste their lifetime begging for people to respect them and waiting for the group to agree to do something before they ever do. We can obtain success in our current lifetime. It’s not perfect. It will never feel ideologically clean. But if there is a clear path of success, women need to start taking notes.
Feminism is not about saving the planet or establishing some touchy feely all-mother socialist matriarchy. It’s about women being successful and overcoming centuries of being second class citizens. It’s not about other people. It’s about you as a woman and what it cost to even get you here with the privileges you have now. You’re going to throw away your right to own property because the system is “bad”? Credit card companies are evil? Capitalism destroying the planet? The stock market too exploitative? Your foremothers are rolling in their graves.
We need to stop waiting for solidarity and reject groupthink entirely. People will only start to take women seriously when they can actually see them as actual, physical leaders in the world around them. Not theoretically in extensive debates on reddit. Figure out what you want your life to look like as a woman and start craving and claiming it. Don’t wait for validation. Go for your success now. In your lifetime. And go it alone.
I’d add an instruction manual.
Something like: “This is sarcasm,” “This is a debate,” “This is just accumulated fatigue,” and a giant button that says WE DON’T ALL THINK THE SAME.
Oh, and mandatory snacks for every important discussion.
The hate on sexworkers, some of them are genuinely doing it by choice. also accept that there are women who enjoy Alfa males and don’t want to be in charge and prefer submissive roles. Everything else from dismantle patriarchy, equal rights, etc. I am going along with.
1 That being a full time parent isn’t an equally respected choice to employment outside the home
2 The push to alleviate the motherhood penalty through daycare and insisting women have to meet 1950s male employment ideal of 40hr workweek to be equal, instead of giving couples maximum flexibility to decide what’s best for their child, family and situation
3 Pushing “hookup culture” while not being honest that intimate acts biologically trigger oxytocin release and tend to trigger a longer lasting oxytocin release for women, which means women are specifically more disadvantaged by hookup culture (oxytocin being the hormone that bonds a mother to her baby)
4 Forgetting or omitting that good men exist and are needed and necessary in the world, and that it’s important to differentiate between good men and men behaving badly
I would instantly embolden everyone to do more to cast out the gatekeepers: TERFs, men haters, etc. Feminism is a tool to smash down barriers for everyone, not one to build niche barriers to keep people out.
Overcorrecting and being downright hateful to random men without any justification
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The racism
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I’m not sure how much of an issue it is, as an atheist, but the vast majority of religions are incompatible with feminism and the view that women are not only human beings, but equals to men.
Also I am against surrogacy becauses it leads to too many ethical issues around the fetus/baby and the woman’s body. Organs are typically not for sale or for rent but somehow this is an exception in some countries because “babies”.
Regarding children and families: care-work is still 95% done by women (at least here in Austria). And almost all of us work to earn money. So there is a kind of a financial independence when children are involved (for the more priviliged women), but an incredibly heavy double-load of paid work and unpaid labour nowadays. Idk if i would change something regarding the feminst movement, it‘s a process i assume, but the reality of care-work and paid labour, while raising children and deal with life is horrendous imo.
It would have been 100% successful.
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[removed]
I would take white feminism out of the equation.
Choice feminism. some choices are upholding the patriarchy like plastic surgery or sex work. And being religious while saying you’re feminist. If your religion is misogynistic, you’re not feminist
Ignoring the fact that there is no singular feminist movement because there are many different ideologies based in feminism, I’d kick the TERFs
[removed]
The way it’s constantly being attacked by the media in an attempt to discredit it.
That a whole bunch of people gave up and stopped thinking we needed it anymore, and here we are on the edge of losing so much we fought for.
Less prone to propaganda. The free-bleeding movement, the pink tax, twaw, etc;
Looking at all men as “the enemy.” The ones in power who push legislature to restrict our rights are the problem, not Billy Who Works At Target.
To make it more individualistic. The problem with modern feminism is over-reliance on the collective. People would rather find company in misery and waste their lifetime begging for people to respect them and waiting for the group to agree to do something before they ever do. We can obtain success in our current lifetime. It’s not perfect. It will never feel ideologically clean. But if there is a clear path of success, women need to start taking notes.
Feminism is not about saving the planet or establishing some touchy feely all-mother socialist matriarchy. It’s about women being successful and overcoming centuries of being second class citizens. It’s not about other people. It’s about you as a woman and what it cost to even get you here with the privileges you have now. You’re going to throw away your right to own property because the system is “bad”? Credit card companies are evil? Capitalism destroying the planet? The stock market too exploitative? Your foremothers are rolling in their graves.
We need to stop waiting for solidarity and reject groupthink entirely. People will only start to take women seriously when they can actually see them as actual, physical leaders in the world around them. Not theoretically in extensive debates on reddit. Figure out what you want your life to look like as a woman and start craving and claiming it. Don’t wait for validation. Go for your success now. In your lifetime. And go it alone.
I’d add an instruction manual.
Something like: “This is sarcasm,” “This is a debate,” “This is just accumulated fatigue,” and a giant button that says WE DON’T ALL THINK THE SAME.
Oh, and mandatory snacks for every important discussion.
The hate on sexworkers, some of them are genuinely doing it by choice. also accept that there are women who enjoy Alfa males and don’t want to be in charge and prefer submissive roles. Everything else from dismantle patriarchy, equal rights, etc. I am going along with.
1 That being a full time parent isn’t an equally respected choice to employment outside the home
2 The push to alleviate the motherhood penalty through daycare and insisting women have to meet 1950s male employment ideal of 40hr workweek to be equal, instead of giving couples maximum flexibility to decide what’s best for their child, family and situation
3 Pushing “hookup culture” while not being honest that intimate acts biologically trigger oxytocin release and tend to trigger a longer lasting oxytocin release for women, which means women are specifically more disadvantaged by hookup culture (oxytocin being the hormone that bonds a mother to her baby)
4 Forgetting or omitting that good men exist and are needed and necessary in the world, and that it’s important to differentiate between good men and men behaving badly
I would instantly embolden everyone to do more to cast out the gatekeepers: TERFs, men haters, etc. Feminism is a tool to smash down barriers for everyone, not one to build niche barriers to keep people out.
Overcorrecting and being downright hateful to random men without any justification