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Sorry runar, i think you're wrong. Maybe some women want to see themselves above men like some men want to see themselves above women. However, feminism is about gender equality not female overlords. There are a couple of really interesting videos I've seen in the last few days. Will post them in here when I get home from work.
My impression of modern feminism is similar to Runar's. Maybe it is because key advocators have taken the egalitarian ideal to disproportionate levels. For example, we have a political party known as the Feminist Initiative (they nearly made the parliament in the recent election and probably will in the next). True to their name, they fight for "equality". Their suggestion to tackle the wage gap between men and women was to impose a "man tax", where men pay a tax for no other reason than being a man. The idea is absurd to me, because 1) not all men make more money (average statistics are skewed by minorities) and 2) it fails to do something about the actual problem. It's also worth noting that simply because a reason hasn't been found as to why some men make more money, it doesn't necessarily have to mean that women are systematically discriminated. One possible explanation could for example be that men are better at getting what they want, i.e. better at wage bargaining. Naturally, the man tax suggestion was met with some outrage, but the criticism was fended off by statements like "we don't have to listen to it because it's largely coming from men".Swedish media is seemingly supportive of this as well. For example, Sweden's largest newspaper has a columnist who supported the man tax with the following arguments:1. Women should in fact make more money than men because women work more (supported by "feminist research").2. Women menstruate.3. Women buy stuff that cost money (partly related to argument 2, but things like pregnancy bras were mentioned as well).You may think that this can't be real, but sadly, opinions like these are not at all uncommon in modern feminism.
In the real world men and women will never be equal.The vast majority of men are physically stronger then females.I do agree that if a man and a woman do the same job to the same quality then they should be paid equal amounts.However if I was an employer of a small company and a male and female came for a job I would more than likely give the job to the male, lets be honest the vast majority of women will have children and take up to a year off, and then will have issues until the children are independent.