(June 8, 2013 at 6:32 pm)Savannahw Wrote: I see modern feminism as continuing to support gender equality when facing discrimination. What you are calling modern feminism I call people who have issues. I think we are just at a misunderstanding of terms here.Glad to hear it. I just don't understand why you would label something "modern feminism" when it's clearly the old (original) form of feminism. It's like labeling Bertrand Russel a "new atheist".
I also think the use of the word "feminism" to describe the entire of the gender equality movement is rather backwards. Gender equality applies to males, females, transsexuals, and heck, even hermaphrodites. The use of the word "female" as a stem in the word "feminism" comes across as putting female equality before any other, and it always will (to me anyway).
I can call myself a feminist, a men's rights activist, a support of gay rights, etc. but it's much easier to call myself an egalitarian because it encompasses everything, and all inequality is worth fighting against.
