Has feminism gone too far?

I would never go as far as to call myself a feminist, however I am a woman and therefore it would be wrong for me to put down all the hard work feminists have done for us over the years. So many laws in place now to make men and woman equal and it's lovely to see, even though The Guardian has suggested women are still earning 35% less than men. Nonetheless, there have been many advance in the last one hundred years promoting equal rights all around the world that shouldn't be forgotten.

However, I have to be honest, this new post-feminism stage we are currently getting ourselves into I am not a massive fan of. Equal rights is great, but trying to make women better than men is just going backwards, in my opinion. Many women are actually making us look bad through their attempts to make us look better. How can one thing be wrong for a man and right for a woman and visa-versa? Coleen Nolan made it into 'The Mirror' this week (http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/coleen-nolan-i-listened-son-4979875) by letting the world know she was 'dead impressed' after listening to her son have sex?! Sorry, what?! This is not normal, Coleen! If a man were to do this he would probably be classed a pedophile or told that it was invading women's privacy. There would be uproar, not a funny, lighthearted article. It is these women who are causing issues, stating that they would 'like a piece of him' about every man they swoon over no matter how many years older/younger they might be, for the sake of daytime television.. Men would be slated, and if society is to be equal then women should be, too.

Of course, it is still frustrating that men get paid more and we can't do anything about it, that men get away with having 'causal sex' more whilst women are branded 'sluts' and whores'. Rape is still currently being blamed on the women 'flaunting' themselves and 'dressing provocatively' instead of the men committing the crime, and women's body parts still have to be fully covered while men can roam free? I mean, seriously, what's with this whole nipple thing?! Does a star over a nipple on a woman really 'protect' whats underneath? Surely if a woman is posting a picture of herself, she has a right to show as much or as little as she desires, if we're being sexually equally, hmm i'm just saying...

Anyway, I went onto a bit of a feminist rant there unknowingly so back to my point: post-feminism, the desire for women to be better than men and have more rights. Just no. I in no way support this, 0% of me thinks this is a good idea nor is it good for society. I understand that in the past women had no rights, to vote, for equal pay, even for the same jobs as men. But now, they want to 'fight back' by making themselves continuously better until (as I read on a feminist forum the other day) men are, and I quote, "nothing but sperm donors" and reduced to just 10% of the population.

This is absurd! How can you just start depopulating the world of men simply for feminist 'rights'?! No, this is NOT OKAY. How is it fair that just because women were oppressed in the past, now women are finally becoming equal they get to, literally, take over the world. It is a known fact, no matter how you try to change it, that men are physically born stronger than women. I am in no way saying that makes them better, however I am saying this makes them PHYSICALLY BUILT better for certain jobs, so i'm sorry ladies, but yes, we do need them (sometimes).

Furthermore, does this mean that because homosexuals used to be killed off as 'unnatural' or imprisoned for their behaviour that now we should probably depopulate the earth to only 10% hetrosexuals, just so they can keep the human race going? Of course it doesn't it is ridiculous. White people used to use black people as slaves back in the day, well now we all have equal rights it's probably payback time and we should make only 10% of the population white to be used as slaves. Do you see where i'm going with this? It's absolutely outrageous that women think it is acceptable to dehumanise men as sperm donors. YOU ARE GOING BACKWARDS. Just by doing to them what they used to do to us does not make it okay. In fact, it makes it even more categorically wrong. We should be learning from the mistakes made in the past, remembering how it felt to be put in the background and concentrate on everyone having equality rather than anyone being better.

Just remember, men believe in feminism too. Plenty of men are part of feminist movements, in support for equality, not a superior gender.

j x