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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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[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yes. I think it's about thinking patriarchy is bad. Almost always that implies preferring equality; the manosphere dudes massively overblow the support for matriarchy. I'm honestly not sure if I would include equality in the definition or not, because of how little that distinction matters in practice.

I should also include that I think patriarchy is real (because anything else is flat-Earth tier, look at Afghanistan), and that many remnants of it still exist in the West. Sometimes people who oppose something they call feminism claim that there's not.

[-] mugita_sokiovt@discuss.online -5 points 2 days ago

Neigsendoig and I are not. Proverbs 31:16-18 is the reason.

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[-] furrowsofar@beehaw.org -2 points 3 days ago

Equal rights and opportunity sure.

Feminism to the extent that it is intrinisically sexist just no.

[-] baconmonsta@piefed.social -1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I believe in balancing quotas and rebuilding social structures to be more inclusive. That's something that takes several generations to bear fruit.

Shaming or bullying anyone for what kind of body or privilege they were born into is where I draw the line.

edit: those who downvoted this are most welcome to reply this comment and explain their point. I'm open to discuss

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