i appreciate your nice response, and i don't intend on arguing, but i really hope you one day educate yourself on the terrible issues that women in first-world countries face as well. i am interested in feminism as a whole, but i am most well versed in how sexism effects those in first-world countries, especially america (where i live).

women in the first world are assaulted, raped, beaten, brutalized, sexualized, denied basic health care, given lower wages, etc, etc.
a woman's chances of being raped/assaulted are 1 in 6 and 91% of rape victims are female. white women make 70 cents to a white man's dollar. 1 in 3 women will be a victim to domestic violence and 85% of domestic violence victims are female. 1500-2000 women are killed by their partners each year, and 75% of people murdered by partners are female.

i, and most other women, are absolutely terrified of walking alone because there is a very high chance of us being assaulted, and many of us are blamed for our assaults. and all of this happens where i live, the U.S.

i have a tumblr collection of feminism posts if you are interested:
brodolo.tumblr.com/tagged/feminism/

i know that is all pretty gruesome but it is the sad reality :\

so you seriously don't think that women are oppressed in first world countries? is that what you are honestly saying here?? that men are just as abused and mistreated??

it is difficult to debate with statistical evidence because of how many factors come into play when taking surveys, so i guess i will just have to use emotion and experience.

based on what you are saying, i'm guessing you are male? because you don't seem to understand the real and justified fear that women have for men.
i actually was forced into a kiss by a male classmate when i was in preschool, and after much consideration over the impact it had on me and my trust in others, i do actually consider it a sexual assault. so please don't diminish the pain children have from "just a forced kiss".

and i don't know what advertising you are seeing, but men are indeed shown as power figures, because that is what they are: in power. women are shown as subservient, as sexual accessories to men, or as things to be valued for their beauty or sexuality.

have you looked at facebook or youtube comments on something that features a young woman, especially a young woman that is pretty? the amount of dehumanizing, aggressive, and demoralizing responses are sickening and consistent. i can't even look at a picture of a missing woman without seeing something terrible. i have never seen such a thing when it comes to men. also, the fact that advertisers need to get people's attention by dehumanizing women is a problem as well.

"Women taking maternity leave and never getting back into the work force is a problem that needs to be worked on in the U.S, but the cause definitely isn't patriarchy,that would be biology and greed."
this is actually quite misogynist of you. women becoming pregnant and deciding to raise their children is greedy and a problem? in fact, i think that men should take just as much responsibility in raising their child, but this isn't the mindset: women are expected to leave work to raise the children, never the man. and because of this long-standing expectation of women, they are being selfish? that i do not get.

can i ask how old you are? i think if i knew it might help me understand.

i have seen psychiatrists, are you implying that me needing to see a psychiatrist is a bad thing? i would love to see a psychiatrist again for my problems, but it costs lots of money. other people might not have been effected by what happened to me, but it affected me, and for years i didn't know why. it may seem silly to you, but it did have a real impact on me. and believe it or not, 5 year olds already have a pretty good grasp on what things like sexism and racism are. it's not unheard of.

i personally think the "arguing with just facts" is a bad way to go about things. as a woman, i have the right to be angry and passionate about something that effects me, and since i am a woman, i can share my experiences on sexism i have experienced.

all issues men face is directly linked to feminism and the patriarchy. societal expectations of masculinity, expectations of them being the "bread-winners", silencing of male rape victims, all of these issues that men face are directly linked to feminism and the patriarchy. however, i choose to look at the problems women face more because women need extra support when living in a society that actively oppresses them.

our society was built on a structure that actively oppresses women and people of color. just because we have been given the right to vote, have property, and hold jobs that sexism is over and feminism isn't needed anymore? sadly, things don't work that way and we do not live in a post-racial society or a society devoid of organized misogyny.

it's funny that you know try to argue with "facts only" when your gallery is full of such idiotic, emotion-fuelled and immature views on feminism....

either way, it isn't your business to tell me that i have issues and should see a psychiatrist. that's pretty inappropriate. just because you can deduce someone's mental health doesn't mean you bring it up in casual conversation.

oops, i didn't mean ALL issues men face. i meant the issues they face that relate to their gender.
and don't you think their self-imposed feelings of inadequacy is influenced by something?

well, i never said anything about infants, i was talking about young children. i do know of infants generally preferring familiar things, but i was talking about how early sexism and racism is set in young children.
"less empathy for other races"? i'm afraid i'm not sure what you mean here. i also happen to be well versed in racism.

" I implore you to look these things up, they are all very true." i could say the same thing to do about you, dude.

" Unless you go out of your way to learn sxism, it isn't going to be just set into you."
this is completely false though. as a child, i didn't "go out of my way" to learn sexism, i felt inadequate because i was bombarded with things that told me i was lesser because of my gender. i saw it in media, at school, from my family, and my friends.
"Racism is part of human beings, they don't get culturaly set into you."
if racism isn't culturally set into you, how do you explain the self-loathing that black people have for themselves at a very young age? look up the "doll-test" studies.
the racism i felt for others as a child was mostly influenced by what i observed from others.

i really don't see how us being naturally racist or naturally sexist pertains to anything we are discussing here.

soooo, what you are saying is that racist power structures exist because we are subconsciously racist, but sexist power structures don't exist because we are subconsciously empathetic towards women?

"Now if you are going to start every response by saying "I feel that you are implying something offensive to me" then I'm done here."

did you stop responding because i was offended by your idiotic armchair psychology lmao
either way, you can't explain everything with basic psychology. the power that sexism and racism still holds in the developed world is better explained through history

LMAO i'm the one who didn't make any valid arguments? you just went off on unrelated psychology the whole time. sounds like you're way too biased against feminism to understand anything i am saying.
you're an immature little twerp, goodbye