Bell Hook's Feminism Is For Everybody

Imagine living in a world where you didn’t hear about sexism or racism in the news or in the streets every day. Imagine living in a world where men and women of all races and classes are seen as equal. This is the goal of most feminist, to end all oppression. This goal seems almost impossible, but if you think about the views of the world now compared to one hundred and fifty years ago we have come a long way, we are just not quite there yet. Anti-feminists tend to view feminism negatively, as women seeking to be equal to men, but in contrast it is only the advocacy of women’s rights on the grounds of sexual equality or the movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation and oppression. Some anti-feminists and/or non-feminists agree with the following stereotypes or beliefs: “Feminist are anti-male and …show more content…
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