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Is it sexist to criticize feminism?
January 31, 2014 at 8:42 pm
I wonder about this because there are some real liars and hypocrites that label themselves under the banner of feminism. I have often noticed that these people often call critics mysogenist or sexist when ciriticism is leveled at them. So is it sexist to criticize radical feminists? Or the movement as a whole for failure to condemn the often disgusting things they say and support?
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RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism?
January 31, 2014 at 8:53 pm
Depends, if you are criticising the movement then - I would say no. Criticising a persons ideology - no.
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RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism?
January 31, 2014 at 9:05 pm
Are we still letting feminism hang around?
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RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism?
January 31, 2014 at 9:10 pm
I criticize it on a number of levels and aspects, yes. Feminists are a lot like communists, and if you look at the history of both communism and feminism, you'll see how much they both entwine.
They are both internationalist ideologies, one takes the working class as the basis of identity, the other takes the female sex as the basis of identity.
And just like communists declare non-communsts as fascists and reactionaries, so do feminists declare non-feminists as sexists and male-chauvinists.
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RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism?
January 31, 2014 at 9:11 pm
Well, feminism is the belief in equality for men and women. If you're not for the equality of men and women, you are by definition sexist. Misandry, by the way, is not feminism, even if it takes that name.
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RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism?
January 31, 2014 at 9:15 pm
(January 31, 2014 at 9:11 pm)futilethewinds Wrote: Well, feminism is the belief in equality for men and women. If you're not for the equality of men and women, you are by definition sexist. Misandry, by the way, is not feminism, even if it takes that name.
I don't think LemonV is taking that black and white stance Winds. Though I understand your point.
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RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism?
January 31, 2014 at 9:16 pm
(January 31, 2014 at 9:11 pm)futilethewinds Wrote: Well, feminism is the belief in equality for men and women. If you're not for the equality of men and women, you are by definition sexist. Misandry, by the way, is not feminism, even if it takes that name.
See? Feminism shows all the characteristics of a self-righteous internationalist ideology.
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RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism?
January 31, 2014 at 9:18 pm
(January 31, 2014 at 9:16 pm)kılıç_mehmet Wrote: See? Feminism shows all the characteristics of a self-righteous internationalist ideology. This has nothing to do with ideology. It's just a logical statement of fact.
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RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism?
January 31, 2014 at 9:21 pm
(January 31, 2014 at 9:18 pm)futilethewinds Wrote: (January 31, 2014 at 9:16 pm)kılıç_mehmet Wrote: See? Feminism shows all the characteristics of a self-righteous internationalist ideology. This has nothing to do with ideology. It's just a logical statement of fact.
No it does in fact.
It defines everything according to itself and claims that its universal.
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RE: Is it sexist to criticize feminism?
January 31, 2014 at 9:22 pm
(January 31, 2014 at 9:16 pm)kılıç_mehmet Wrote: (January 31, 2014 at 9:11 pm)futilethewinds Wrote: Well, feminism is the belief in equality for men and women. If you're not for the equality of men and women, you are by definition sexist. Misandry, by the way, is not feminism, even if it takes that name.
See? Feminism shows all the characteristics of a self-righteous internationalist ideology.
Then you are in good company eh kilic?
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