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Did I do something wrong? I just got called a radical feminist.
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RE: Did I do something wrong? I just got called a radical feminist.
(August 25, 2015 at 4:50 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: Regarding your statement that you are not a feminist:

Quote:feminism
noun
[MASS NOUN]
The advocacy of women’s rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/defini...ctCode=all

Why do you not advocate for women's rights?  Do you not believe that the sexes are equal?

If you do advocate for women's rights on the basis that you believe the sexes are equal, you are a feminist.
I was afraid this would happen.

I do advocate for women's rights and I do believe the sexes are equal. Why I don't identify as a feminist:

1) People taking the label too far such as trying to push the label on people who don't want to identify with the movement
2) The feminazis who believe anybody with male genitalia is scum, I don't want them claiming to represent me,
3) Anita Sarkeesian, because she cherrypicks the issues regarding women in the media and leaves out the other things regarding men
___One that always pisses people off for some reason, not sure why:
4) I don't see evidence of a patriarchy or oppression of women in the united states. I see evidence of assholes and psychopaths, not a legal or social bias against women
5) Like I said, all my feminism related views are covered under my humanism. I'm not going to identify as both a humanist and a feminist. I want to try and decrease the amount of labels I have. Which is why instead of calling myself an Ignostic Atheist because of my belief that the concept of god is nonsensical, I call myself a theological noncognitivist instead.

I seriously don't understand why people equate me not identifying as a feminist, with me being against women's rights. And when I say I do stand up for women's rights, I'm a feminist. It's ridiculous. It's a pointless battle to fight. Can't we put aside our differences, and join sides in fighting for women's rights worldwide and forget the labels? Last time I checked, there are women in middle eastern countries and third world countries being killed for being raped and not screaming loud enough. We need to get rid of real patriarchies in theocracies like Saudi Arabia where women are forced to wear burkas. That's what's on my priority list right now, not fighting over why I don't identify as a feminist.
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RE: Did I do something wrong? I just got called a radical feminist. - by IanHulett - August 25, 2015 at 5:25 pm

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