Did I do something wrong? I just got called a radical feminist.

[IanHulett]

Why is being radical even a bad thing? As long as you're not attacking people for no reason there's nothing wrong with being "radical".

I hate how "radical" has been appropriated into a dirty word (mostly because it's used totally out of context and with false meaning to describe Islamism), same for how people throw around this "I'm not a feminist" thing like being a feminist is so bad. Sure you can debate whether or not men can call themselves "feminist" but men can certainly be pro-women, and that's nothing to be ashamed of.

Well, every time I talk about why I'm not a feminist on EmptyClosets, the conversation never ends well. They assume that because I'm not a feminist that I'm anti woman, even though I always mention that my feminism related views are counted under my humanism. So, I try not to engage in the topic of feminism much. I try to defend the rights of women by not bringing up me not being a feminist. Because all I want to do is discuss women's rights and not have my labels, brought up as an Ad Hominem argument, i.e "Why should I listen to you? You're not a feminist. For all I know, you're probably anti-woman." Or "For all I know, you're probably not serious about your arguments" or some stupid shit like that.