An Analysis of "The Pros and Cons of Feminism"
With a title like "The Pros AND Cons of Feminism" (link) I expected a relatively bias-free article where themes of the positives and negatives were constantly revisited, so the reader was not particularly swayed one way or the other by the end of the article, simply better informed. Unfortunately, this was not the case. The author begins by describing his own beliefs regarding feminism and throws out statements about his personal beliefs that are essentially the core of feminism, he's goes on to state that: " under this rubric [of benevolent feminism] I would proudly call myself a feminist," (Saad) he, additionally, includes some line about how he " abhor[s] all forms of injustice and intolerance" (Saad). If you take his words at face value, he seems like proud feminist. But the entire two paragraphs he devotes to describing his beliefs and 'benevolent feminism' are thrown off by a single word: 'would'. If feminism was alway...
