
A few days ago, I wrote the first part of this series, Defining Men, Part One: Looking Through the Barbie Lens. I used the the currently popular film as a “jumping off point” to examine how modern feminism tends to view men. While the movie is touted to be pro-men as well as pro-women (only being “anti-patriarchy”), not everyone is convinced. Not everyone (mostly men) is convinced that the current incarnation of feminism is pro-men either.
Let’s have a look.
The ABC News story The feminist movement has changed drastically. Here’s what the movement looks like today states that “ABC News spoke to feminists across the generations to define modern feminism.” The story was published March 8, 2023, so it’s pretty recent.
As you may know or have guessed, feminism, especially across time, isn’t a static concept. Even the ABC story admits, “Feminism, the first wave of which began with the suffrage movement in the mid-1800s, looks vastly different today than it did generations ago.”
Okay, fine. But how different? The article goes on: