This is one of the most important objectives of feminism. According to Bell Hook’s novel, Feminism is for Everybody, a majority of people think that feminism is anti-male and this misunderstanding of feminist politics reflects the reality that most folks learn about feminism from patriarchal communication media. The feminism politics they hear about mostly is represented who are primarily committed to gender equality, equal pay for equal work, and women and their male compatriots sharing household chores and parenting because parenting is a collective responsibility for all the adults in the house. She also states, “Most men find it difficult to be patriarchs. Most men are disturbed by the hatred and fear of women, by male violence. But they fear letting go of the benefits”(xiii). This statement shows that men know that male patriarchy is wrong, but they choose to ignore that fact because they don’t believe it benefits them. What they don’t know is that it would take the stress of believing they always had to “prove their status” or be strong, masculine, and the sole
This is one of the most important objectives of feminism. According to Bell Hook’s novel, Feminism is for Everybody, a majority of people think that feminism is anti-male and this misunderstanding of feminist politics reflects the reality that most folks learn about feminism from patriarchal communication media. The feminism politics they hear about mostly is represented who are primarily committed to gender equality, equal pay for equal work, and women and their male compatriots sharing household chores and parenting because parenting is a collective responsibility for all the adults in the house. She also states, “Most men find it difficult to be patriarchs. Most men are disturbed by the hatred and fear of women, by male violence. But they fear letting go of the benefits”(xiii). This statement shows that men know that male patriarchy is wrong, but they choose to ignore that fact because they don’t believe it benefits them. What they don’t know is that it would take the stress of believing they always had to “prove their status” or be strong, masculine, and the sole