feminism
is about equality between men and women, for every woman.
however, it is obvious that the
places where women are most likely to suffer misogynistic prejudices or
even violence are the places with less economic stability (or poor
regions to put it simply). therefore, right-wing people who prone
self-reliance and want to reduce the state control on the economy by
lowering taxes (so that their favourite billionaire can continue to get
richer) are not advocating for them, as well as other women who
rely on these aid provided by the government (disabled women, single
mothers, women victim of abuse etc).
you cannot scream "single
mothers are warriors, they need more help!" and then vote for
politicians who want to reduce taxes, therefore lowering all the financial aid these mothers could get.
you cannot advocate for women's right to bodily autonomy, yet vote for
politicians who will make abortions illegal, just because you're stupid
enough to believe they'll make the egg prices drop.
feminism has
always been about progress, yet some 'feminists' will vote for
(far-)right parties who are making us go backwards. when they're voting
for these parties, they are voting against women of colour, queer women, poor women, women of different religions, or just women in general.
and
do not get me wrong, i know that there is a lot of right-winged
feminists, simone veil
is one of the figures that really got me into feminism.
what i mean
is
that, yes, if to you keeping your money is more important than helping
people who are struggling, you are not a true feminist. you are not a
true feminist because you are
only advocating for privileged women. you are not fighting for every woman, you are fighting for yourself.
and even if these privileged women still suffer from misogyny, they don't go through half the things other, less privileged, women go through. instead of using your own privileges to help yourself, you should use these privileges to help the one in need.
so i am begging every woman who is a rightist to truly read the program of the politicians they are voting for and to educate themselves on intersectional feminism.
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kitkatanddog
this selfishness is one of the key failures of 'right wing' feminism, & arguably makes it just as pointless & ineffectual (unless your intention is to make the problem worse) as liberal feminism. (what good has 'choice feminism' or forced birth (""pro-life"") activism done?) it really is a shame to see the term 'feminism' applied to the "activism" of socially privileged people who won't use their platforms to provide critical support to vulnerable & marginalised women.
as a sidenote, if you're interested in finding a community of fellow feminists on spacehey, feel free to join us over in the groups tab! it's admittedly pretty inactive right now, but I'm working toward encouraging participation + growth where I can. thank you for your consideration! & I wish you a good day <3