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Are you a feminist? (If so why, if not why not?) (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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Might help also to describe what you think feminism is, since it's one of those terms that is overloaded.

I once had a physical therapist tell me she wasn't a feminist because she thought women couldn't be as physically capable as men when serving as soldiers, and seemed to believe feminism requires treating women exactly like men.

I told her I was a feminist because I believe in equal rights for men and women, an idea she did not seem so opposed to.

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[-] npdean@lemmy.today 0 points 1 week ago

It might not be the intention but modern day feminism has become so much about what women can and cannot do and how men are pigs.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago

No, it hasn't. This is the way conservatives frame the feminist movement, but the actual reality of feminism is far more grounded. When you cede the narrative and legitimize the conservative viewpoint, you weaken the movement.

[-] npdean@lemmy.today -3 points 1 week ago

I am a very strong believer of feminism but I will never accept that in public. It has a strong negative reaction from many people. Actions don’t evoke a negative reaction.

Where I live, there are literally people who mock people for being feminists while sending their daughters to professional colleges, allowing them to work, letting them decide if and when to have kids, etc. I don't know, maybe this is a cultural difference.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

That just cedes ground to the socially reactionary. It's better to organize under the label of feminism and push for the necessary change, without letting reactionaries be coddled.

[-] npdean@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago

What's the point? Words don’t mean anything. Positive actions are happening, that is all that matters.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

Same reason cedeing Black Lives Matter to All Lives Matter is harmful.

[-] npdean@lemmy.today 0 points 1 week ago

How? If things are getting better, why to make it an issue and disturb social interactions?

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

Not sure I understand what you're trying to say.

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