[rosemaryohalloran]

I believe that there is a lack of education about men who are active in the feminist movement due to the fact that the person creating this education is most likely a woman. It is coming from her perspective, and if she is a feminist she will be advocating for women’s rights, not men’s. Thus, meaning that she will be more likely to want to educate others about the contributions women have made to the feminist movement as opposed to teaching others about the contributions men have made to the movement. This neglected presence of men in feminist activism is a small example of the neglected gender of females that have rarely been taught about in normal history books. Women have had their work stolen by men who claim to have done the research themselves. They have been forgotten about in history. This is due patriarchy and the fact that men hold the power. In feminist history, it is quite the opposite: women are taught about. Although they have not stolen the work of a man’s and claimed it as their own, in this bit of history, women are glorified. That is why there is a major lack of education about the active imen in feminist activism.

[rosemaryohalloran]

Men are a crucial tool to feminism, but are often overlooked. In this patriarchal society, it is pertinent to the feminist movement that men become supporters. At this point in time, there are many men out there that support the advancement of women equality, but many is not enough. We need all men to support this idealistic approach so that we can find better ways to improve the quality of treatment women deserve. The role men currently play is minimal due to the fact that patriarchy is not dead. A person who holds power will never easily give it up to someone else. Thus the reason why it has taken women so long to achieve what we have today. A majority of the people who support feminism consists of women, not men. Some feminists may claim that by allowing men to support the feminist movement, we are giving up our power to them. I believe this is not the case. If men wish to support the movement whole heartedly, we should embrace them. They are the ones with whom we will be sharing our power with when we achieve the totality of it. Equality is the being the same in quantity, size, degree or value. We are all equal in value. It is time for all men to realize this, and when they do their role in the struggle for women’s equality will grow rapidly. For now, there role has remained minimal.

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