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ELITE STAND UP AGAINST BULLYING & VIOLENCE #No_Bullying

#No_Violence
One might assume that this movement/hashtag is a On the other hand, these ideas have since spread in
new one, but it is not new at all, rather it roots back our Arab region, whether on social media or in
to the nineteenth century as well as the seventies of reality from one woman to the other. Their central
the twentieth century. Back then, it took the form of focus here also rests upon the “popular sayings” or

women-led demonstrations held against women’s notions that women are their own worst enemies
rights and equality demanded by the feminist and that feminism belittles the importance of
movement and thought, mainly in western societies. women’s social roles, besides many other
These women, whose ideas have survived the run accusations that are similar to those listed by the
of history so far and even developed, were given supporters of the ‘#WomenAgainstFeminism’ g
the label ‘antifeminist’ and were deemed as being hashtag. Though, of course, taking into account the n i y
‘antifeminism’. Their firm stance against feminist different cultural idiosyncrasies or mannerisms of l l u
thought and ideology nowadays is based on their other women. b r e
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feminism in western or Arab societies, then we can d l
see that this discourse only displays the a n o
#NO_BULLYING feminist thought and
1. Feminists are aggressive and domineering, as are stereotypical images of the i t a n
masculinists (men’s rights activists). movement. These stereotypes have been able to r e
#NO_VIOLENCE
2. They do not need feminism because equality hide and perhaps destroy the true essence of the t n I
prevents the real empowerment of women in perspective while influencing women’s views e h t
society. towards each other in particular and creating an g n i
3. Women already see themselves as truly equal to internal conflict between them. Ironically, women t a r
men. who have been able to voice their opinions, whether b e l
4. Feminism hates men and villainizes them as on the ground or virtually, to express that they are e C *
inherently bad people and rapists, while they view equal with men or that they have the freedom of
women only as victims in societies. choice concerning their social and “traditional”
5. Feminism rejects the traditional social roles of roles, and to have the ability to participate in the
women, especially the presence of women inside public sphere, could only do so because of the
homes of their own free will. ongoing feminist struggle.

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