Quote: (10-08-2011 02:12 PM)Roosh Wrote:
Vicious: Why do you think American men have deeper hatred for feminists than Swedish guys? Even on this forum, with guys who get laid more than average, the hatred is strong and visceral.
Question isn't for me, but...
Honestly, I think the answer rests in the description of the differences in the nature of European feminism vs. American feminism. It basically goes back to what Basil said earlier in this thread. American feminism wants to have things both ways("we're totally equal...but men should still be chivalrous!"), while Swedish feminists appear to actually mean equality when they say it.
In America, you have to deal with the hypocrisy we talk about in the manospere everyday, with women demanding one thing and then seemingly wanting another(and the legal, social and economic effects all of these demands have on guys).
I do not think that American men hate feminism in and of itself. The vast majority of American men, in my experience, do not appear to have a problem with legal and occupational equality for women. What really irks them is the hypocrisy of it all.
The more I analyze the roots of discussions across the manosphere and the complaints contained therein, the more I'm starting to see that the root cause of it all is really the uniquely arrogant nature of American feminism, whereby women demand more power without any consequences.
Everytime we talk about the rise of entitled manly/obese girls, "40 is the new 30"(old women acting as though age isn't an issue), the double standards in divorce/family law, and all of these other things, what we're really complaining about is the hypocrisy. The basic fundamental nature of these issues is defined by a female desire to have their cake and eat it too.
Take the following issues, for example:
-"Manning up": Females here want to ride the cock carousel in youth, shunning commitment and the beta males who want it, sometimes outright insulting them. Then they want to age and shame those same beta males who now move past them, asking them to "man up". Eat cake, have cake.
-"Obesity": Fat women here want to eat however they like and maintain zero impulse control or discipline, but they also want to be treated as though they were fit, cute girls without looking the part. They shouldn't be called unattractive or unhealthy...even though they are unattractive and unhealthy. Eat cake (literally), have cake.
-"Divorce laws": "We as women are entirely equal to men intellectually and socially...but we still want alimony, and will proceed to initiate 75% of all divorces(even though we were the ones begging men to "man up" and marry us in the first place)." Eat cake, have cake.
-"I just want a nice, reliable guy": Proceeds to bang the idiotic DJs down the street while ignoring the "nice, reliable" guys she does know. Says one thing, does another. Had cake, ate the cake. Later on, she'll wonder
where all of the good guys went.
-"Don't know how to cook": Roosh mentioned this one on his list of
42 Things Wrong With American Women. Not knowing how to cook isn't really a bad thing in and of itself. The problem comes when you insert hypocrisy. These same women who lack cooking and other domestic skills(read: cannot fill a traditional feminine gender role) expect men to fulfill traditional male gender roles(pay all the bills, be chivalrous, etc). Again, they want to eat the cake and keep it too. It is equal when they like it, misogynistic when they do not.
All of this is easy to see through, and that is why men hate it so much. It is just too wildly transparent and self-serving. Equal pay and legal rights are fine, but feminism here isn't demanding that. It is asking for female dominance, not equality, and that is somewhat infuriating.
On another note, and this was mentioned before: American women of all kinds seem to generally maintain a passionate hatred for beta males. This varies somewhat by community(it is obviously more extreme among blacks, less so among whites/asians) but it is generally there.
We have mentioned before that in Scandinavia and much of the rest of Europe, beta males seem
to carry a lot more
value.
Now, consider that the majority of men everywhere are what you would call betas, and you have a clearer answer. Swedish women, including the feminists, are not quite as hostile to betas(read: the majority of the male populace), and thus you can see more amicable gender relations.
American women, especially feminists, tend to dislike betas(read: most men). Thus, you have less amicable gender relations.
Add to this the raw capitalist nature of American relations that Vicious mentioned(so many relationships seem to be about status and cash, rather than the more crucial intangible things) and you have a recipe for hostility. The women here never really love the men in the first place(all about the status), and the men, most of whom are betas, naturally react with skepticism/hostility towards a female populace that is generally more hostile to betas than others across the world.