My look at feminism

Rosie Riveter -War time propaganda

poster girl to feminist icon

As Man started walking on the savanna plains of Africa, either after being banished from Garden of Eden or when their primate ancestors had to come down from the trees to look for food, they became gatherers and consumers of what nature had to provide for them.
Soon they explore themselves and each other to discover that the female counterpart was indeed a mysterious creature. The pre-historic men were indeed quite curious about life, energy and all the wonders that Mother Nature had to provide. The female gender had the special chalice, receptacle, that could generate life.
They were definitely awed by its ability. As it was their practice then to show their respect to mysterious energies around them, like the thunder, sky, fire, wind and water, they created goddesses who could control all the elements of nature. They even thought that nature and Earth must be matriarchal in origin.
Things were going fine. They rule their roost while the men went on long expeditions in search of food.
Then the society became farmers and stayed put in villages. About that time, monistic beliefs which was particularly patriarchal in outlook emerged. They imposed various restrictions and subjugated the weaker sex to be subservient to the so called laws of the Divine.
With the passage of time and availability of knowledge, the enslaved fought back with a vengeance. They came back strong and now have shown superiority in many fields.  The oppressors now continue their suppression with their cock and bull stories of divine decree. When the name of Almighty is invoked, the oppressed, fearing the wrath of Herculean proportions are left with Hobson's choice but to submit unconditionally.
After going through turmoils after turmoils, the fighters have now taken a 180 degree turn. The feminists feel that they do not need handouts but are able to fight on same level field with the aid of handicaps. Enters the anti-feminists movement...no,no, we want to be pampered....