Patriarchy is as damaging to men as it is to women!

Huh! Nah... Fighting for equality? For me it means fight for your right actually.

I call myself a Humanist. I grew up in the US. My dad, mom, and step-mom all worked. My step-mom made more than my dad. To me its kind of self-evident that women and men should be treated as equals. But I never lived in ancient times or in India or other more "conservative" countries.

"Equality" is inscribed in our motto, but it might be difficult to reach, maybe because men and women are not sharing the same interests : for example, our law needs together a man and a woman elected to represent any district, and it is sometimes difficult to find a woman wanting to be elected. I do not think it is a matter of feminism, but of justice.

One human being should not have to fight with another human being for the right to live their life as a human being. The reality is: We are already all equal. But some of us don't want to accept that. (You know who you are!) Some have ignored the real reality of all of us being created equal and purposely created or concocted preposterous “systems of inequality” in a society and then enforced it … by any means necessary. Give an example of a “means”? Hmmm … how about labeling a woman a “feminist”? Is she a feminist because she is demanding that others respect her human rights and acknowledge her as an equal? Oh no! She's a feminist because she dared to speak out against a “created and enforced system of gender inequality that ignores ALL reality”. There are other examples of “means” or methods of keeping people down. But since you mentioned "feminist", I used that as the example. By the way, in America we hardly ever use the word “patriarch” unless we're talking about the Bible. I've actually never heard anybody say: "We live in a patriarchal world. That is our reality!" Who exactly are you quoting?

I fully agree with @Corbin5, I do not necessarily feel a feminist if I fight for equality. It's not only a matter of equality between men and women, but also among different races, disables vs normal people an so on.

@Daljinder I would never call myself a feminist. I don't like labelling myself. All I know is that every person no matter what gender or what differences we have in general, should all be treated equal. Whether it being in the workforce or day to day living. It would be nice if people could get their heads out of their butts and start finding ways to work things out instead of finding ways to start arguments. A nice suggestion never hurt anybody. But pointing the finger and calling another gender better or worse causes damage.