History of Feminism
In reply to the discussion: "Feminists are not responsible for educating men" [View all]BainsBane
(56,220 posts)Like I am an ally to LGBT folks. But if they want to call themselves feminists, I don't have a problem with it. What bothers me is when some insist only they know what real feminism is, insist women like me aren't really feminists because we don't follow their command about what we are allowed to speak and care about. Those are not feminists. In fact, they are the opposite. If someone can't respect women's rights to determine what issues matter, they don't count even as an ally. I've met a lot of men like that around here. In fact, I'm pretty sure the feminist label is nothing but a rhetorical device they use to attack women because it turns out there is not a single issue that they think matters--including the Hobby Lobby decision--other than women making themselves more asexually vailable to them. Some of those same men even insist they should be able to compel a woman to have an abortion. They are keen on abortion, but not so keen on a woman's right to make her own reproductive choices. In other words, their concern is that men continue to wield control over women, and there is no definition of feminism that fits under.
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