The link between modern feminism and materialism cannot be ignored. It plays a large role in where and why feminism has gone wrong. While feminism is hardly alone in this regard, materialism certainly has itself rooted very deeply into every facet of modern culture, and I will discuss that another time, it certainly has had a critical influence on how modern feminism has formed.
In order to investigate this fully I think outlining the official definitions is important. According to philosophybasics.com
"Feminism comprises a number of egalitarian social, cultural and political movements, theories and moral philosophies concerned with gender inequalities and equal rights for women. It is the doctrine advocating social, political and all other rights for women which are equal to those of men."
The basic idea is that women ought to have all the same basic rights as men. On many points I agree with this. But I don't believe in a forced equality, and especially one where it robs women of their identity.
And that is where modern feminism often fails women. It pulls the focus off women and puts it on materialistic pursuits. Wage equality, employment equality, the ability to serve military roles, the power to do what they want when they want, etc. if a woman wants these things that's fine, but most of these pursuits will pull a woman away from her natural womanhood.
Feminism encourages women to pursue these things. But it discourages the pursuit of family life. Why because materialism is the driving creed of society and family pursuits are often in conflict with that.
Now it may seem I'm grasping at straws here but I'm actually holding back and maybe I should stop doing so in this case. If you look at the popular and political advocates for feminism today at least in the United States you find plenty of examples in Hollywood, popular music, and politicians. This may seem to be unfair but like it or not this is the movements mascots.
Let's look at what they promote. They say women should use birth control because if they were to have a pregnancy and child it would interfere with their education and careers. If a woman does get pregnant she is encouraged to have an abortion because that child will interfere with her lifestyle. If she does want children, she should only pursue that later in life so that her career and personal pursuits in materialistic interests can take center stage. And she should not have more than one or two children because more would place too much of a burden on her (and society they argue, that's for another article). And she ought to be free an independent. A women should not be married because that will restrain her ambitions. But if she is to marry she needs to assert her equality (which usually translates to dominance).
I'm not saying all who claim to be feminists are adamant about all these issues. I'm saying the movement itself advocates these standards and it's really all about materialism. Normally materialism teaches to acquire more wealth and possessions. This ideology takes mankind further from God and deeper into the selfish desires. But modern feminism takes this same step with a twist. It teaches that women are empowered by materialism and that they can use the fact that they are female as a means to do so. If anyone dares disagree, or try to convince women to forsake materialism, they turn it around and say that the naysayers are bigoted, backwards sexists.
