Lauren Southern: Why I am not a feminist

Transcript, roughly:

I also got a lot of hate and criticism for holding up a sign saying "I am not a feminist"

Most of that criticism came from feminists who claimed I did not
know what the word feminism means because feminism is actually a movement
for equality – so today I wanted to speak
to those feminists and explain why I'm
still not a feminist and my third wave
feminism is not in fact a movement for
equality.

I want to start by asking a
question if feminism is a movement for
equality why do we not see equal
representation of both genders issues
and why do we not see feminists
complaining about benefits that women
have over men in certain situations.

Very few know that around 100000
to 140000 males are raped annually in
US prisons. This is more males raped than
females in the u.s. annually – yet
feminists remain silent on the issue
almost half the domestic abuse victims
in the US and Canada are men yet there
are no safe houses for them, no court
advocacy programs, no subsidized
counseling or legal care like women receive.

Despite being half the victims they are
basically ignored men make up 80% of
suicide victims 92% of workplace deaths
97% of combat deaths and 77% of homicide
victims. Men are objectified, men are
raped, men are mistreated, men are held to
ridiculously high societal standards just like women.
Yet feminists continue to place this blanket judgment over all
men that they are all privileged and all
women that they are all oppressed – yet as
a woman I will almost always win custody
of children in a divorce case. I will
receive less than half the sentence
a man does for the exact same crime and
actually have my rape and assault
accusations taken seriously and I won't
be laughed at for not being manly enough.

With one quick google search I can find
a safe house in my area if I have been
in an abusive relationship as a woman.
I am more likely to get a government or
military job despite qualifications just
to fill a quota due to affirmative
action and I'm also more likely to get
into a university because of my gender.

So if feminism really were a movement
for equality you would see feminists
rioting about the hundred and forty
thousand men raped you would see them
questioning the fact that women get less
than half the prison sentence a man does
for the exact same crime.

Yet we do not see equal representation of men's and
women's issues despite popular belief.

Feminism is not in fact a synonym for
equality I'm not trying to say that men
have more issues than women my point is
that both genders have issues and to
argue that feminism is a movement for
equality and doesn't just represent one
genders issues is quite frankly
ridiculous so this is why I'm not a
feminist I'm not a feminist because I
believe that both genders should be
treated equally and both their issues
should be addressed

I'm not a feminist because I believe I should prove that
I'm worthy of a job rather than having
it given to me to fill a quota I'm not a
feminist because feminists are
unintentionally creating a world of
reverse sexism that I don't want to be a
part of so I will stick to promoting
equality and justice rather than a Pho
form of equality under the label of a
gender bias word feminism