“I Can’t Be a Feminist Because I’m a Man”: Lakers Icon Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Reveals Baffling Statements That Made Him Outlay Life Lessons

NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar recently penned a women’s history special edition article via his website where he talked about the struggles of women. The Los Angeles Lakers legend was also curious to check whether the women-centric theme brings in more readers or less. He has once again used his platform to talk about societal issues with his latest work. Abdul-Jabbar does not shy away from speaking his mind and it was clear once again.

Abdul-Jabbar has been a huge supporter of feminism and he first talked about the confusion that still persists with the word “feminism”. A group of people who took their stance without understanding the meaning of the word shocked him.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about the confusion with “feminism”

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar talked about one of his friends who was a college teacher. The six-time NBA champion noted that his friend would start his critical thinking class by asking the students whether they are feminists. He would then split the class into two based on their answers. The teacher would ask for the definition of the word “feminist”. Abdul-Jabbar noted that many students who proclaimed themselves as not feminists struggled with a definition.

According to the report on kareem.substack, he wrote, “The answers ranged from, ‘women who want more rights than men’ to ‘women who don’t want to be mothers’ to ‘I can’t be a feminist because I’m a man.'”  

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The six-time NBA MVP stated that the teacher gave the students the definition of the word. His friend then asked his students the reason behind their choice. But there was still confusion.

Abdul-Jabbar’s take

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar stated that the teacher then rephrased the question and asked the students if they are feminists or not based on the definition. He noted that most students moved to the feminist side of the class after understanding the meaning and then the class started discussing the issues. He gave his take on it. The 19-time NBA All-Star wrote, “The lesson: not only is the word “feminism” tainted with factual inaccuracies, but it is burdened with social insecurities created by a culture desperate to ensure men’s favored status.”

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He claimed that propaganda efforts were the reason behind both men and women reacting negatively to the word “feminism”. Abdul-Jabbar then divulged into finding the reason behind this as well. He wondered how is this possible even though the population of women has been slightly more than men since 2013. He then listed the things that he thought were the reason behind this.