RE: Why so many "anti-feminists" in the atheist community?
January 2, 2015 at 3:38 pm
(This post was last modified: January 2, 2015 at 3:40 pm by Dystopia.)
Quote:So when I hear "the extreme minority doesn't dictate what the rest do." I don't believe you. The idological extreme are more passionate and will do more to further their cause. This affect is a noticeble with Anita Sarkeesian going on Colbert Report as an example. The younger generation will picture Anita Sarkeesian when they think feminism. Hense, I do not call myself a feminist because I don't want to imply my support to the extreme feminist. Plus, egalitarianism fits my position much better than feminism does.But it's still a wrong picture - Supporting feminism doesn't equate with supporting misandry and female superiority, the fact society could misunderstand you proves people are quick to make judgements without actually looking and hearing individuals who hold the position... The fact is, most feminists are pro-equality and dislike gender roles/stereotypes, and that's a cause that has all my support. I'm also an egalitarian, obviously, but you can't be one without being a feminist, feminism works almost as a sub-category (but not the only) for egalitarianism and if you support gender equality you are by definition a supporter of feminism in it's original definition as being a pro-equality ideology - To deny that is the same as saying I'm not an atheist I just don't have belief in any particular god. You can call yourself an egalitarian, but you are implicitly a feminist if you support gender equality, you may not reveal it, you may not speak about it, but you still are. The reason why it's called feminism is because it centres itself primarily on women's issues and women's discrimination. It doesn't mean it ignores blatantly men's issues - In fact inter-sectional feminist, that equates female equality with men's problems, race, sexual orientation, religion and other topics/subjects is very popular
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