They say, I say

The Scientific Fundamentalist article, “Why Modern Feminism Is Illogical, Unnecessary, and Evil” by Satoshi Kanazawa stirred up a large controversy about Modern Feminism in the 21st century.

Kanazawa stresses his point by pointing that Feminism is illogical because men and women are inherently, fundamentally, and irreconcilably, different. I conquer with the fact that women are definitely not the same as men. It is an obvious physical fact. However, feminism did not evolve because women wanted to be like men. It evolved from the abuse women had to go through simply for being a woman.

Kanazawa goes on to say, feminism is unnecessary because women are superior in the area of longevity with a reproductive success. He compares the nature of mammals to be equivalent to humans, where females always have more power than males. He proves this by saying in the human society, men control a large part of all money, politics, and prestige, while women control men. He states, ”…any reasonable attractive young women exercises as much power over men as the male ruler of the world does over women.” I see where woman may have the advantage of longevity and even how women use sex appeal to get what they want. What is absurd is how he views feminism unnecessary. In order for feminism to be worthless the treatment of women should be civil all over the world, but that is not the case. Countries like Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan where women are under the rule of men with “…money, politics, and prestige” fall victim to a man’s rule of women with no rights and a law that restricts them from showing their face. How attractive a woman is, holds no balance to the hardships women have to endure in this century or previous ones.

In his last argument, Kanazawa claims feminism is evil. He believes feminism ultimately make men and women unhappy. He directs his proof through women’s income increase over the last thirty-five years. He says money does not make women happy. Than he says divorce and single motherhood are also a contribution to women becoming unhappy. Finally, he contradicts himself by stating, “Men’s happiness has not declined in thirty- five years.” First, evil, in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is defines as morally bad. I fail to see the connection between “morally bad” and “unhappy.” The contradiction of men being unhappy then studied to have no decline in happiness is not worth a rebuttal.

Had Kanazawa stuck to one of the three reasons he believes feminism is bad, then perhaps he would have held a more convincing argument. This article was more of a tangent than informative.