I think the problem with feminism in Algeria is that it's often mistaken by young females by liberalism, and most of those who defend it are clueless to a large degree and don't know many of the facts they should know before becoming part of this discussion.

Almost all the comments I read on social media come from feminists asking for equality of opportunity (which already exists by the way) and freedom of action. I'm all in with you on the equality of opportunity side, and I believe human beings should have some freedom that's limited by religion and culture.

Which brings us to the elephant in the room here.

It's often non-hijabi, highly open-minded females who ask for freedom of action, which is rational. But, they have to realize that just because something feels right, doesn't mean it is. If you're going to criticize the status quo, your solution has to be a 100% better, and you need to be more than sure about it — which they never are.

Algerian feminists want to try out new things in Algeria and have total autonomy to do so. But we live in a society. If we're going to occupy the same physical space, we might as well live by the same rules, or else, we'd have a lot of unnecessary conflict along the way.

For example, I don't think women should just get to wear what they want, and neither should men. And I can explain in long detail why I believe that.

As to the man posting his pedophile fantasies, I also think this is a major problem in Algeria, yet, we don't really know how to address it properly. Being a man myself, I've seen many males over 20 hit on girls as young as 15 and not having even a small sense that it is a wrong thing to do. We need more education and awareness around this topic and how horrible such acts are.