Originally Posted by
snoop
Do you know if said woman was refused solely because she was a woman? There are a myriad of reasons for why something like that could happen--nepotism, rumors about her, the person hired had a better reputation/bigger name (although still less qualified), the interviewer did not like her attitude, or maybe it was even just her appearance (attractiveness [or lack thereof], stained/sloppy clothes, poor hygiene, etc.). These things aren't intrinsically sexist toward women, the same thing could happen to a man; that is to say, being refused a job that you were more qualified for than another person. Discrimination effects everyone, men as well as women. I agree that it is sexist to refuse a woman a job simply because a man applied for it too. However, you were victimizing women in your example. For all anyone knows, it was for any of the reasons I stated above. If the woman who was refused the job used the excuse that it was because a man had applied for it, she would simply be victimizing herself. Victimize yourself long enough and you really become a victim, whether or not a crime or injustice has been committed. I don't have enough real world experience myself just yet to claim that women have fully received the equality they were looking for, but personally I believe that many current-age feminists have gotten what they wanted but continue to victimize themselves in every scenario in which sexism could have played a role, thus sustaining the victim mentality--regardless of whether they are really victims or not. Maybe a majority of feminists really do just want equality and its simply the loud, verbose, abrasive nuts that want more than just equal rights that ruin it for them, but there are those for every group; think Westboro Baptist Church.
edit: to clarify on my last statement, I meant that the Westboro Baptist Church ruins or at least gives many a very negative view of religion, and so that could be applied to misandrists that ruin it for true feminists.