Michael F Schundler
2 min readOct 25, 2024

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I think there are two forms of feminism.

The first form is based on women advocating for equality of opportunity. It is essentially the "female" version of ending discrimination against women. I support that as a father of four strong women and the husband of a strong wife.

I don’t believe their gender should limit them. If their gender translates into biological differences like muscle strength, then society can and has determined that in limited places we will discriminate in favor of women to give them an opportunity society feels is important enough to discriminate over.

The second form of feminism is grounded in equity and bigotry.

As an example, telling someone to vote for someone "because" the candidate is a woman, is bigotry and wrong. Telling them they should vote for a candidate who happens to be a woman because she is best suited for the position is the first form of feminism.

Sadly, the second form of "feminism" has grown out of neo-Marxism and is grounded in identity politics. Rather than advocating for equality. Identity groups seek advantage. The easiest way to see the difference is if your argument is tied to a person's skills, talents, or intelligence, it is most often the right form of feminism, but if it is tied to their gender, it is the wrong type of feminism.

Neo Marxist based group identity driven feminism as all forms of new Marxist behavior leads to hostility towards competing groups. With that in mind, it does not surprise me, that some minority men feel like they are not being seen as individuals, but instead they are being seen as a competing identity group that should be diminished in order to gain advantage.

I can't speak directly for black men, but as a confident white male, I do not feel threatened by this sexist strain of feminism, but I do see how some men can respond to it in much the same way some women respond to misogyny.

To be clear, I support feminism grounded in achieving equal opportunity and I condemn feminism grounded in achieving advantage over men. I feel the same way about all forms of discrimination designed to deny opportunity, and all attempts by any identity group to garner "advantage" under some virtuous sound label.

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