Naturally that lack of attention and approval can lead to a sense of inferiority and repulsion towards ones own strengths. It is fully understandable that a woman might feel undervalued by this human approach and that feeling can easily result into wanting the same as men in hope of having the same appreciation and attention. That is a false conclusion though. A vicious spiral going downhill.
Maybe Freud’s penis envy theory was indeed right. Not in a literal, but a metaphorical sense. The penis itself is a symbol of power. It is the active sexual organ, the one penetrating. Maybe he was right that in the life of most girls comes the realisation of feeling inferior by physical strength, but also by attention and approval of humanity as a whole.
Additionally Freud stated as well that denying the own “being without penis” will result in taking over male behaviour and (gender-)role patterns. I observed as well that this sense of inferiority can result in an overcompensation of common male stereotypes. Hypersexuality, because men only think about sex (“slutshaming”). Overly competitive behaviour, because men only compete. If violent, violent crimes by women turn out to generally be more sadistic than of men, because men are violent by nature. And so on. Eventually it is even distorted and they see these actions of men in the same intensity as they practice it themselves.
In addition to the feeling of inferiority this can also lead to the denying of the possibility that men can become victims of domestic violence, rape and other such violent crimes at the hands of a woman. By seeing men as above themselves and specifically as being physically stronger, they can’t comprehend such crimes as that would let their mindset collapse.
As a result these girls and women will be drawn a lot more to feminism and other social justice causes as they see morals, emotionality and ethical arguments as part of their own homesoil. It is a sense of last resort of not feeling inferior. Admitting to lose there would therefore be a huge issue and could result in dealing the finishing blow to an already broken self-worth.
The feminist fight is an act of deeply ingrained loathing for themselves. By now they have all the rights and even more than men have, yet still they feel oppressed. It is a self-made problem by projecting their inner self-loathe on a certain group being made into the perpetrator. It is safe to say that they will never be satisfied, even if they had all the advantages in the world. The entire fight is a lost cause as long as it remains symptom fighting without getting to the core of the problem.
It easily explains why women get more and more unhappy in liberalising western countries. While they are fighting windmills by trying to compete more and more with men to become “equal”, they disregard their own strengths and needs of being women. It is not only resulting in feeling inferior to men, but also results in losing the connection to their own feminine self as well as the intimate and complementary bond a man and a woman can share.
How some people called it already. Feminism is a hate-movement. But it is not a hate-movement towards men, it is a hate-movement towards femininity which is projected on men being the culprit.
To finish the article with the football analogy I started above, I will translate a saying of my native language:
"Offence wins games, defence wins championships."
Male traits might win “games, might bring society forward at times. However, without the feminine traits, without offspring, there will be no championships being won.
Note: This is purely based on my own personal observations out of western countries. I don’t have a degree in psychology nor sociology. What you take out of this text is up to you as an individual and I am open to factual critism.
Additionally I am generalising to sum up a general issue without getting into individual cases which obviously differ.
And a good read to the offensive/defensive player analogy:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/magazine/15Battier-t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=2&