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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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[-] uhdeuidheuidhed@thelemmy.club 0 points 19 hours ago

Nah.

For one, I don't like a term that's supposed to promote equality clearly favoring one side in its name.

For two, most feminists I've met genuinely hate men and think they're owed superiority, not equality, for the treatment of women in the past.

[-] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 18 hours ago

How do you feel about Black Lives Matter as a name and slogan?

Do you think there might be a reason feminism is named that way?

[-] uhdeuidheuidhed@thelemmy.club 0 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Black Lives Matter is a fine name for what it supports.

I didn't study the etymology of feminism, but in practice it has always resulted in fighting for women's rights while ignoring or paying lip-service to men's rights.

There's no feminist platform that advocates for removing men from the draft or including women in it, for example. I don't believe that the differences between men and women, especially today, are great enough to give any preference to one sex over the other. Most of us are suffering because we are poor.

From my experience, feminists will say feminism is about equality to fool people who don't know any better into supporting a cause that is practically about female superiority. They believe it's woman's turn to be the oppressors and to them that is 'fair.'

This is exemplified by how it's socially acceptable (even encouraged) to make disparaging comments about men, but making similar comments about women will get you ostracized. You can't say you're for equality of the sexes if you laugh when somebody says "I hate all men" but get angry if someone else says "I hate all women." Neither is acceptable, but feminists will disagree.

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