Has Feminism Ruined Western Women

United States
November 20, 2007 10:32pm CST
We hear about it all the time -- skyrocketing divorce rates, super-nagging women, husbands/live-in-boyfriends getting put out to the dog house, the adulterous wife who gets half of her husband's stuff anyways, etc... Has feminism ruined Western women? Don't you just hate it, as a man, when women serve you up a sh*t sandwich then get upset when you go somewhere else to eat? Has your wife's constant nagging turned you into a doormat? Are you or have you been recently divorced? What do you wish you could have done differently? Is it true that American women put on a dog and pony show before marriage, then cut into a bait-and-switch act after marriage?
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@cdv102 (132)
• United States
21 Nov 07
Yeah, I agree that it's terrible when women act this way, but really, it has nothing at all to do with feminism. Those are either just rotten women, or women who have been treated that way so many times by the men in their lives that they turn into that. I have plenty of friends who are both strong and independent, and also loving and fair and reasonable. Most are in happy relationships or marriages. As for adulterous wives who get half of her husband's stuff anyway, I never agreed with that practice, and I'm a woman. I pretty much think unless children are involved, or unless I was forced to drop out of school to work so that my husband could go to law school or something, if the marriage ends, you leave with what you came in with, I leave with what I came in with, and if there's a house or other assets involved that we both contributed to, we sell it and split the profits. And men, if you don't like the way your woman is treating you, the answer is not to cheat on her and think you're justified. The answer is to talk to her about it, try to work it out, maybe get counceling. And if none of that works, THEN you walk away and do whatever. I find in all relationships, it's rarely just one person's fault when things go south.
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@RobinJ (2501)
• Canada
21 Nov 07
Yes there are all those things happening and even worse, but that has nothing to do with feminism, that is because women in general are tired of being treated like her husband is her owner and his word is the only word she must listen to and obey. When he hasn't got the sense or ability to look after his family because he is to busy chasing his dreams , bigger better job, more toys for himself, drinking gambling, chasing other women, and beating the life out of her should object. Marriage has change to a couple working together not "do as I say not do as I do" Men have always had freedom and now women are taking the same freedom because he husband will not treat he with the respect he should so she will go else where for it and good on for her. Abuse is abuse no matter who it happens to and should not happen.
@blueunicorn (2401)
• United States
24 Nov 07
I am a woman, and I do believe that feminism has had a big impact on marriage/ relationships in the Western world. One thing that I have learned is that I do have a large amount of control as to the outcome of my marriage. If I am nagging and treat my husband with disrespect I get that kind of behavior back. If I am loving and kind I get that kind of behavior in return. It seems that a lot of women today think they should act however they want and the man should just bow down to it. This is not the equality women were asking for, it is an unhealthy turn in the tables. We don't have to "fight" for what we deserve. We just need to realize that our spouse is a mirror of ourselves. That goes for both men and women.
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• United States
3 Dec 07
Thats a very wise observation. There's an old saying "you get as good as you give". That certainly applies in all human relationships, especially marriage, and it applies to both men and women. If you treat a person with disrespect, you will receive disrespect.
• United States
24 Jun 10
Read your history books....woman are just sick of it.Again, read history.World history,Church history all history.How do ya like it guys?????