^{FEMINISM AND ITS OPPOSITIONS}

By: Josmat Jerry

Overtime, we’ve witnessed some societal wrongs which were once thought to be norms of a well organized environment, talk about the killing of twins, the act of war like and so on. Actually, these ‘one time doctrines’ have in one way or the other projected more harm than good to the course of nature. As we live on in this 21st century, the ills of the society in aspect of inequality that exist between the male and female category (both young and old) still lives on. A lot still have the strong belief that the male category are of ‘more superior’ than the female category. But, isn’t this the origin of our societal problem?

A wide range of scenario plays on out there which are against the motion of feminism, why feel sad when you give birth to a baby girl? Why reason that a girl child brings forth no goodies to you just because she will be married off? Why treat a boy child better than a girl child? When you engage in some acts that against the image of gender equality, then you are opposing the stand of feminism. The presence of anti feminism is an unnoticed issue that lingers on within our environment which results in killing the potentials of females. These acts are wholly against the normalcy of a society that focuses on holistically development.

There exist countries where females aren’t considered to be leaders of a society, countries like Yemen, Pakistan, Chad, Syria, Mali, est., indirectly support the claim of inequality through the way they run their governance administration. As a matter of honor and respect, females are very much up to the task to lead and bring forth the required positive result in their own creativity. We all are greatly gifted, endowed and talented by the Creator; shouldn’t we all have equal chance to manifest these great potentials? Have females in one time or the other failed when called upon to take the lead role? Or is there any kind of proof or experiments that has been practicalised to act against the context of feminism?

A husband who is of negative attitude towards his wife’s success, one that thinks the role of a wife should be confined within the walls of the kitchen, a mind that proclaims the name ‘woman’ as one that deserves to be of second ‘always’, a man who sees himself as a boss in the domestic family thereby discarding the ideas and talks of his woman; all these various set of individuals are anti feminist. The role of the female gender to the drives and development of nature and the society is very much essential. With the presence of equality in place, there will be room to grab opportunities and manifest it all well.

Top unforgettable women like Marie Curie – the founder of the new science of radioactivity, Rosa Parks – a civil right activists, Emmeline Pankhurst – founded the Women’s Social and Political Union to campaign for the parliamentary vote for women, Ada Lovelace – a gifted mathematician and the first computer programmer, Margaret Thatcher – Britain’s first female prime minister, Mary Wollstonecraft – an English writer and philosopher who championed education and liberation for women, Eleanor of Aquitaine – one of the wealthiest women of the middle ages, Queen Victoria – one of UK’s most iconic monarchs and others.

Gender equality should be cordially addressed and approached with some in depth consideration as some folks practice anti feminism without consciously knowing they are all against its context and that of gender equality. Females are born the same manner males are, and the fact still remains that without a gender, another gender cannot live or succeed alone, that was why the Lord Almighty created a ‘partner’ for Adam and not a ‘servant’.