(February 17, 2015 at 5:26 pm)bennyboy Wrote: No. I said you can't limit the definition of feminism so narrowly. The kind of feminist you're talking about is definitely a feminist. But there are feminists who don't meet your definition.
Then they aren't feminists. A feminist is someone who wants equal rights for both sexes. This is the definition of feminism made by feminists.
(February 17, 2015 at 5:26 pm)bennyboy Wrote: Your definition is like saying one can only be an atheist if one believes that God doesn't exist-- it deliberately excludes some, or many, people about whom the term can be sensibly used.
No, my definition is like saying one can only be an atheist if you don't believe in any gods. You can only be a feminist if you want equality. Otherwise what's the point of having labels for a group and their specific cause if it encompasses lots of people with differing opinions on the exact position that their group has.
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"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
