SUNSHINE MARY: Is feminism ever useful and justified?
Why does it sometimes seem like feminism has done something beneficial for women? Here is why that is so: feminists are rather clever at co-opting an issue that another group (usually a Christian group) has already been addressing. Once the other group has fought the hard battle and begun to see some success, then suddenly the feminists come swooping in. They do this not to solve the issue but rather so that they can take credit for what others have already done to help women and so that they can then indoctrinate those women into the feminist cause.
Interestingly, just yesterday, Judgy Bitch, a female men’s rights activist, wrote about a similar subject, in which she lists five things that she believes feminism has accomplished. She then quite logically asks why men have not been afforded any of these same benefits. However, I think Mrs. JB gives way too much credit to feminists, in that most of the good things she lists are not their handiwork.