I feel this might be the right time to re-state the definition of feminism: “the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes.” (Websters)
“The theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes” is not the sort of thing that I feel should have a word for it. So I prefer not to identify as “a feminist” on those grounds.
“The theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes” is not the sort of thing that I feel should have a word for it. So I prefer not to identify as “a feminist” on those grounds.
I am perplexed by this statement. Do you mean that discrimination is always wrong, and so we don’t need words for persons who are against particular types of discrimination? Would you therefore also object to the word “abolitionist,” for example, if slavery were still a current issue? Or “suffragist”? I’m really just speculating here; maybe you mean something completely different.
Why is the above downvoted below 0? It is the only post by Alicorn on these issues that seems to warrant upvoting!
I stopped identifying myself as a feminist some years ago, following the same reasoning. (With the added observation that feminism isn’t about equality as my naive assumptions had led me to believe.)
I feel this might be the right time to re-state the definition of feminism: “the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes.” (Websters)
Why isn’t everyone a feminist?
No offense meant, rela
“The theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes” is not the sort of thing that I feel should have a word for it. So I prefer not to identify as “a feminist” on those grounds.
I am perplexed by this statement. Do you mean that discrimination is always wrong, and so we don’t need words for persons who are against particular types of discrimination? Would you therefore also object to the word “abolitionist,” for example, if slavery were still a current issue? Or “suffragist”? I’m really just speculating here; maybe you mean something completely different.
“Abolitionist” and “suffragist” referred to groups who advocated specific well-defined policy changes. “Feminist” does not so refer.
Why is the above downvoted below 0? It is the only post by Alicorn on these issues that seems to warrant upvoting!
I stopped identifying myself as a feminist some years ago, following the same reasoning. (With the added observation that feminism isn’t about equality as my naive assumptions had led me to believe.)