Why Feminism is for men too – Men Talk Feminism

Empowering women to ensure equity and preventing abuse is everyone's responsibility!

Do we really want a world where women have no voice and have no presence? I think not! Women bring their sensitivity and unique points of view to every situation and I value this.

Yes I think so. My mother was a feminist and bright me up as one.

Feminism for me is equity for all. The predominant privilege lies with men, so I think it’s important for men to know we don’t have lived experience as a woman/trans person/or person for colour and to listen and learn and unpack years long taught misogyny and prejudice and be a better man

It improves your mental health. Gives you strength through vulnerability and dispels all the negative myths around feminism by being willing to learn

No, I was previously an abusive misogynist, who lost the relationship with the mother of my children because of this. It took me years of therapy, self reflection and eventually accountability to change. It has been a liberating experience for me and I feel much healthier for it, and now use my platforms to hopefully recruit more men to the cause and to question challenging patriarchal narratives they have learned over years

Feminist is relevant to men because we need to realize that the essence of being a woman is the gift of giving birth. We came from a woman's woumb, women are our mothers, sisters aunts niece and girlfriends. That nurtures us and teaches us how to be a caring, nurturing and a decent human being

Feminism teaches men the value of sensitivity, when I say sensitivity women tend to care first for others before they cater to their own needs. It's natural for woman to be a nurturer and that is something that men needs to learn from women to have sensitivity towards others rather than thinking about themselves all the time. What men needs to learn from women is sensitivity and vulnerability. It makes men more in tune to other people's feeling. What is so wrong about vulnerability and sensitivity? It's human nature to express emotions and feelings regardless of what feelings it Maybe and that I think what men should learn from women.

I have always embraced feminism for a simple fact that I grew up with 3 sisters that are great role models in my life each of them are different. My mom has to be the sole provider for the family leaving me when I was 6 months old. She did that so we have food to eat everyday, a comfortable home and also we can have access to a private school. If you ask me. My mother and my sisters are my superheroes. Since my mom was not around growing up my sisters and my aunts were my second mothers. I wouldn't want to have any other life because growing up with female role models made me become a great listener, a great caregiver, a good friend, a genuine upstanding person and that's because I'm surrounded with great females who are leaders, pioneer, smart and tough female role models and I wouldn't trade my childhood from anyone else.

The discrimination against women is so obvious, that any sensible person should thrive to overcome it. You cannot close your eyes in front of the unfairness and oppression women are experiencing. So being a feminist is an act of humanitarianism. Feminism makes the life of all women around us better, easier and happier. So women and as well the surrounding men benefit from it.

A friend of my parents killed himself after his company went bankrupt. This is just one of the most extreme consequence of the pressure that lies on men in traditional patriarchal roles. Others are homelessness, alcohol abuse, loneliness, aggression against self or others. Feminism reduces the pressure on men by allowing them to show weakness, ask for help and to interpret their role in a partnership in a more versatile way.

My mum was working full-time, while my dad worked part-time from home and took care of us. My parents are not political persons, so they wouldn’t identify as feminists, but growing up in such a family, I could never relate to patriarchal concepts of family or gender roles. So when I got politicized as a teenager, I surely became a feminist. First, it was a more liberal feminism, now more intersectional.

Equal treatment of women (and all people) is relevant to men because it makes us all better.

As above but it also adds happiness, peace, calm, healthy competition and a better, broader mindset.

I was raised by a single mom when that wasn’t common and I’ve been supportive of feminism before I even knew there was a term for it.