Feminism

To me it seems like you created this thread to spew anti-feminism even if that wasn't your intention. I don't get the point of your thread. Anyway, I think the hardcore feminist would latch onto any film that shows a female depicted in a lead role portraying a character that is strong and able to hold her on against anyone male or female.

I know what you mean. I'm anti-men, given how they beat women, rape them, run organized crime, start wars, and abandon their children. Not all of them, of course, just the loud-mouthed ones. But that's enough reason for me to be anti-men.

You must be thinking of a different movie. Where is the feminism in "Winter's Bone"?

In this movie the women know better than to gossip about what the men are doing. The women must ask permission from their men-folk before doing just about anything. And the women are generally treated just a little better than the farm animals.

Nope, I didn't see any feminists in this movie.

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While watching this movie I thought "this girl is my new hero" - she's tough, smart, independent and has her heart in the right place. Not sure if this has anything to do with feminism but she sure is a good example for a strong female character.

Nope... if feminists had to choose one film to promote their "cause?" They should def. do it with "North Country". ;)

I feel the need to point out in this particular discussion that not everybody agrees with the overall socially accepted fact that equality should be the norm. I, for one (surprise, surprise), do in fact not support it.

I do not believe in a world where everybody is equal; a world where there is nothing but the individual's physical traits and personality to separate him or her from everybody else living in the same society. I'm pretty sure that nature did not design us in such a way and achieving that status is, and I'm saying this in a modest way to avoid getting BBQ'd, not possible and quite naive. Wether or not this boils down to men vs women I can't say, but I do Not think that we are equal nor should we be treated as such.

Now, before you, dear reader, start sharpening your pitchfork and lighting your torche I want to at least try and explain what I meant by above statement.

There are plenty of similarities between the sexes, of course there is, but there are also a whole lot of differences. Physical, mostly, since I happen to believe that society molds women into what one would call the "typical female". Same goes for men, of course. I'm sure that everybody has already been force-fed examples by both sides, as is according to customs, so I choose to spare you of another rant/lecture.

I'm not even sure that I have a good point at the end of this whatever-it-is, but I suspect that I wish to critisize such statements as "where is your attempt to make the world a better place to live in?". I want to point out that some people, however gruesome it might come across to some of you, do in fact Not wish to make the world a better place. I don't, so I'm the perfect example. How I want to live my life is another discussion entirely, but I know for a fact that I care little for the subject of changing the world for the better. So if you, and I am actually talking to anyone claiming to be that understanding and accepting person, don't find my point of view sane or reasonable, well, then I guess you weren't such a saint after all, were you?

On a side note I want to adress the fact that emmamaria, however intelligent and strong, speaks somewhat offensively of my native region, more namely Sweden. I'm pretty sure that you by no means intend to be rude, but stating that we are 'privileged' to have been born in a specific region is quite... Close-minded, I find. I can assure you that we, in fact, do have problems, although not of the same category and nature such as yours. I can't assume with great accuracy that you have never been here but I will do so for the sake of argument and I want to point out that if You can give Yourself the right to speak to BrainGremlin as if he does not know a thing about your world where is your right to speak about Ours as if you know it? You're essentially saying that anyone who wont acknowledge your "reality" is wrong, uneducated, unintelligent... I hardly think that you, pardon my choice of word, know a dime worth of knowledge about the hardships that a member of Our society faces at an everyday basis, but I do realize that you won't accept this as sane logic since it probably, to you, will sound like I'm ridiculing your society's problems and shortcomings. I do not apologize for that if such is the case; it is your interpretation of my words and not what I meant.

Well then, I think that about covers it. Now I shall ready myself for the lynching...