Indians vs Feminism
It seems like most Indians, especially men, have got the idea of feminists confused with pseudofeminists/feminazis. I've noticed that every time a woman brings up her problems, there are a hoard of Indian men retaliating with the same old, "Men have problems, too!" or simply saying that men and women can never be same, because that's their "culture".
Feminism, by definition, is a movement that stands for equality amongst both genders. It includes all aspects and choices one can think of, and in theory, shouldn't threaten anybody. However, we often see people protesting against it, trying to make feminists seem like bad people who're just man haters. I even saw an article regarding a lawyer who claimed to be a 'menimist', because she claimed to stand for men and their problems. People were applauding her, sending praises her way because apparently feminism is cancer, but this so called menimism isn't.
It's as simple as this: if you are a decent human being, you'll agree with wanting equality between both genders. Say, if my apple has a worm, you don't get to come up to me and claim I talk about your orange in that particular instance. You know why? Because at that point, we're focusing on the apple, not the orange. That's not to say your orange isn't important, but importance is given to a subject that's more necessary to talk about at hand. As women, when we try to bring light to our problems, it's insulting when men butt into the conversations and try to drive the attention away from us and to themselves. Nobody is saying men don't have problems; in fact, we encourage you to talk about it so we can end this toxic masculinity. But there are some men who are disrespectful and so far gone up the disgusting concept of patriarchy that they refuse to believe anyone can hold more problems than them, and them alone.
In India, women are expected to leave their house and move in with their husband's family, they are expected to change their last name, sacrifice their careers to look after their in-laws, have the society shame them if they seek out help from abuse, cheating, etc. Girls can't even take a walk out in "revealing" clothes (doesn't matter if the skin shown is merely their shoulders) without the fear of being catcalled and/or raped.
Be empathetic. We suffer, too. We don't want you to be inferior to us, that's not a real feminist. Don't confuse us with pseudofeminists. We want you to view us as an equal, as an individual human being with their own rights and personality.
