Thread by @JujuLaBelle

"Feminism is the mother of gender equality and feminism seeks for and remains more than just the equality of the genders.  Whoever says they support gender equality and not feminism should rather say that they support some of the aspects of feminism." @chante_MKS

https://twitter.com/JollyMutesi/status/1298543295036100608

"Feminists see patriarchy to be at the core of most oppressive power structures. It, therefore, calls for the reordering of society by eliminating male supremacy in all contexts. This is not to say that radical feminists want to eliminate men - quite the opposite."

"Radical feminists want to eliminate gender, gender roles and gender stereotypes from the equation, as these are seen as oppressive patriarchal tools and because they hinder personal development, healthy relationships, mental health, and etcetera."

Most importantly, radical feminists are feminists.
newtimes.co.rw/lifestyle/femi…

Men are Trash:
#MenAreTrash is not about singling out individual men nor is it about specific men.The movement does not aim to avenge harmful relationships&it isn’t even about the bitterness of women even though it started as a response to numerous crimes against women&children

With women telling stories about abuse by intimate partners&strangers. If a person understands the movement in this way, they do not understand the anger, fear, and pain South African women and women globally experience on a daily basis.

This movement is not one to be interpreted at surface level.#MenAreTrash does not only apply to men who abuse and kill women and children but also applies to those men who cat-call women and are complicit when it comes to the injustices women experience in the workplace,

men who listen to stories of woe about the female lived experience but still do nothing about it because “It’s not my problem, it wasn’t me so, I did nothing”.

The hashtag is about how men as a group or collective have created a world that is unsafe for women to live in. It aims to highlight the fact that being a man comes with privileges that women don’t have (Maledu, 2017; Morrell, 1998).

It takes the debate about masculinity including what it means to be a man beyond the ideal constructed masculine identity as it urges men to take a hard look at themselves and evaluate their behaviour towards women.

It gives credence to the fact that as women, we understand that the world is not built for us, that unlike men, in order to create our realities we constantly have to push and break barriers and boundaries because we are not recognised.

#MenAreTrash creates awareness about the issues society takes for granted which perpetuate patriarchy.
ru.ac.za/criticalstudie…

There is a very detailed thread by @IntwaliBruce you can also read it:

https://twitter.com/IntwaliBruce/status/1162710298433871874?s=19

There is also a beautiful article written by @Rugaamba : “Not all moto riders!”

google.com/amp/s/rugambaw…

I won't finish this thread by not mentioning a very devastating but insightful thread by @Judicaelle_

https://twitter.com/Judicaelle_/status/1272889373479092224?s=19

"I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own."

Audre Lorde

By the way @JollyMutesi
"These young feminists who do not understand what feminism means" as you said

Are doing the work.

Maze isaha yose ngushakira amakuru. Nizereko uzasoma basi.

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