Are you a feminist?

Contributor: ViVix ViVix
Quote:
Originally posted by sillylilkitten
Do you identify as a feminist? Why or why not?
Feminism means different things to different people. I shave my legs, and I happily cook and clean for my partner (when I have one). At the same time, I put up with no disrespect or bullcrap, and I believe in being independent of a man (especially financially). There's just so much to this that I could continue on for a long time!
01/01/2013
Contributor: misterazor misterazor
no. but i do think most guys are assholes. of course, most women are nuts.
01/01/2013
Contributor: darkr darkr
I believe in the right of choice and fair treatment
01/01/2013
Contributor: edeneve edeneve
how do you define feminist?
01/01/2013
Contributor: Kirill1171 Kirill1171
no.
01/01/2013
Contributor: Marie Hanna Marie Hanna
no, but i do believe in equal rights.
01/01/2013
Contributor: hyacinthgirl hyacinthgirl
I'm an egalitarian Libertarian. I find feminist too narrow, because it by definition only focuses on females. If there is injustice being done to males or to non-binary individuals, feminism by it's very definition can not be concerned. Feminism does not mean equality - it means what are defined as female concerns.

My only problem with feminists in general are Victim Feminists. They have decided that being female is the hardest thing in the entire universe, and they whine about it constantly, no matter how little incentive they're given to go on, and they feel free to victimize males as they choose for "revenge" of perceived wrongs.

I know two women who I like to contrast: one is an extremely "butch" heterosexual cisgendered woman. She is an auto mechanic, firefighter, weight lifter, and MMA fighter. She lives in an almost exclusively male-dominated world by her own choice. She has faced sexism on the job (coworkers calling her insulting nicknames, suggesting she couldn't handle the work, etc). She told them to shut their mouths, did her job better than they did, and earned promotions over their heads. She is respected by the people who used to suggest that she was a quota hire, and apparently the men love it when a new guy tries to show her up. She has worked and earned everything she has, and she is what I would consider a true example of a feminist, but I have never heard the word pass her lips. She is living the life she wants to live, and fuck off if you think she's wrong.

The other is self-proclaimed feminist - a "femme" bisexual cisgendered woman. She moves through jobs pretty frequently, but always finds some instance of sexism to complain about wherever she goes. If she says something about "female rights" (by which she means far-left liberalism, even if it has nothing to do with women), if you dare to post something disagreeing with her, she sulks dramatically and accuses you of being a brainwashed tool of the patriarchy. She is so obsessed with finding things to be offended over that she is always miserable, and she has destroyed multiple friendships with friends who don't share her political views because she believes that the patriarchy is out to get her. She is currently sexually stalking a young man, who has told her no multiple times, but who once consented when she got him drunk, then couldn't get it up. She continues trying to get him drunk, though if it were him doing the same to her, I'm sure the screams of outrage would be audible on Mars.

Woman #2 is what my experience of modern feminists has been - they are far-left, financially as well as socially, and you are not welcome if you are not. They are obsessed with being victims of something, but often ignore real victims. They are entitled and arrogant, and they believe that people who disagree with them aren't just wrong, but somehow evil. If feminism actually meant "I am female and I am concerned with what I view as female rights", then I wouldn't care. But I went to an all-women's college, and I saw very few of that school, and very many of the entitled professional victims.
01/02/2013
Contributor: dks210 dks210
Yes, I am a feminist. If you believe in equal rights between the sexes, you are a feminist. Simple.
02/21/2013
Contributor: El-Jaro El-Jaro
Quote:
Originally posted by dks210
Yes, I am a feminist. If you believe in equal rights between the sexes, you are a feminist. Simple.
Just to play dad's advocate...isn't that like saying "If you like anal sex, you're gay."?
02/22/2013
Contributor: Geogeo Geogeo
Quote:
Originally posted by sillylilkitten
Do you identify as a feminist? Why or why not?
Nah. I'm independent and not into marriage and kids, but that's just more being a modern woman
02/22/2013
Contributor: Andrey2052 Andrey2052
No.
02/22/2013