I think the root of this trend is found in practices established thousands of years ago where woman was deliberately set as a servant to man; the alpha male wants his female for himself. Established position through religion and dna it is hard to dismiss guilt around sex and a woman's body just yet. Disclaimer: I am not a feminist just observing trends!
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That may be true. Control certainly has been a factor in the past.
Being a feminist just means you support equal rights in employment, education, suffrage, etc and want to defend women from rape and abuse. Without feminism women wouldn't be able to vote or own property or choose who they marry.
It's okay to be a feminist; it just means you support equal rights.
To that extent I agree. But I support equal right for all men and women, wouldn't differentiate between sexes in that aspect. But feminism movement has changed in the past years.
I'm the furthest from a feminist (still respect women, just as I do men) and I agree with you. I think it has to do both with the fact that men tend to get more obvious arousals and with the keeping of women as "property" of their husbands. A man simply didn't want others to get curious in and possibly lust over his "rightful property". It was a monopoly that simply wasn't to be tested, even in thought.
(which as a supporter of property rights, I of course consider an insane system, yet for its time still understandable)