Men, Gender Equality, and Feminism

Raffey
8 min readOct 9, 2023

My response to Dr. Simon Fokt’s invitation to debate

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I’ve heard it said that identifying the problem correctly is half the cure. Trying to cure a cold with cancer treatments is likely to kill you. Likewise, trying to cure cancer with fluids, rest and aspirin will kill you too. Failing to identify the problem correctly, is quite often, the reason people spend so much time, energy and money failing to cure societal problems.

What if feminists have identified the problem incorrectly?

What if the problem is not between men and women after all? What if male violence, domination, exploitation, and oppression is a problem between men? What if women have made this problem worse, perpetuated it, even nurtured it by identifying the problem incorrectly?

Ever since humans invented agriculture and settled down, who was responsible for doing the physical work required to build, then maintain society? Who built the pyramids, plowed fields, moved mountains, and built homes, castles, cathedrals, palaces, and cities?

Physically speaking, rich men are anything but powerful. Among men, Arnold Schwarzenegger is the rarest of unicorns, while Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are as common as house flies (and just as weak). Rich men can barely lift a finger, let alone a boulder, so who did all that work?

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Raffey

Rural America is my home. I serve diner, gourmet, seven course, and homecooked thoughts — but spare me chain food served on thoughtless trains of thought.