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[Alex K]

One could read your post as saying that society has some kind of deal going where women are getting less pay and in return get lesser punishments, and that women don't have the right to demand equal pay as long as the other issues are the way they are. I hope that's not what you mean. But then, what is your point?

Not really sure how one could read my post and get that interpretation from it. I never even alluded to some weird "deal" that society has.

Your comment to me appeared to weigh one against the other - as if one complaint were made illegitimate by the other injustice.

My problem with most feminists, or at least most of the vocal feminists is their use of the "privilege" argument. They'll go on and on about "checking your privilege" if you are a straight, white, man, but they seem perfectly happy to ignore their own privilege. It's a statistical fact that men get harsher sentences than women, but that's an aspect of sexism which feminists don't like to talk about. Feminists claim to want equality for women, but most of the time they are only focusing on the kind of equality that gives women an advantage in society.

This is why I prefer being an egalitarian. I don't give a shit what gender, sex, color, race, sexual orientation, etc. you are. I think everyone should be treated equally under the law, and in society in general.

I don't disagree. I think my conclusion is that the label "Feminist" has become pretty useless for me now. Who defines who's a feminist and what a feminist stands for... You can say "most feminists" are only focusing on the advantage of women, but not injustices that go their way, and it's pretty meaningless because nobody knows who those most feminists are supposed to be, and who doesn't count as a feminist.