Do you consider yourself a feminist?

The revenue side of college sports is the missing link in Title 9. Title 9 ignores the fact that men's sports generate substantial revenue for the schools. Hype or not - revenue is important to the schools and nurturing that revenue is important. I don't know why women's sports are not bringing in the revenue - but they don't. You can't make people buy tickets - we vote with our wallets.

Colleges all of the country cannot find female athletes to spend the money on so they end up going all over the world to find Korean golfers, eastern european track & field stars - would it be such a crime to spend that unused money on men from here in the US - it's mostly tax payer dollars and our tuition payments.

Another anecdote - the Women's rowing team at the University of Louisville just opened a huge state of the art facility for training - again for the men - nothing, they can't even share the women's facility.

Of course I am a feminist, just as I am antiracist and a communist. Is any system that represses the abilities of 50% of the world's population worth maintaining?

Whether discrimination is based on the color of someone's skin, sex, culture or class, it only damages the victim but also the victimizer.

No one's progress, success, or happiness should rely on the discrimination or disenfranchisement of another. We should all look within to figure out what's holding us back but also what gives us strength. Now let's all get in a drum circle, hold hands, and love each other.

(I can't help but laugh now cause when my dogs get cranky at night and start growling at each other we all yell: "Love each other!" )

I am a feminist. Purely because I adore women and the power we posses. I think that genders and the differences between them are super interesting!

I support womens rights, but I am also into BDSM, which some people may not understand. It's my choice if I want a man to boss me around in the bedroom, by no means does that mean you can speak to me whoever you want outside of there or if you don't know me. It may seem odd, but I've gone off on people that make comments on my collars. I'm not your bitch, you will not speak to me that way and when I'm done you'll know your place.

I am not a feminist but I do believe in equal opportunity for everyone - man, woman, gay, straight, black, yellow, polka dot, etc.

I think I agree with Lauren's comment the most.

i believe in feminist ideals but I'm not a "feminist activist"

Plain and simple, I'm not. Despite feminists arguments to try to get me to join their side, I am unswayed.

Lots of thoughts, sorry. I felt this was good for me to think on...

I liked the title "feminist" in my late teens and early 20s. It was during what bit of a rebellious phase I had, a bad mix. I think it is common enough a scenario. I'd question everything, so much it could have looked confrontational. But when one acts out towards everything in our culture blindly, one looks like an ass. Some people are like this as adults, identifying with any number of things. They bring negative attention to their issue, unfortunately. It's best to do everything nicely and with some tact? This applies to a lot of things.

Some people like to wear labels and sometimes it's a good thing--humans need some feeling of unity to make progress. But I think there are also dangers in identifying with a group because of possible stereotyping from the outside and from hive-mindedness on the inside. I could say a lot about my experiences, but in short, I eventually became disenchanted with feminism. That is, the feminism I experienced.

So many people hear "feminist" and get a bad feeling. The rare female chauvinist has soured many an impression. It's too bad, because really, most of the feminists I know today don't want much more than they have now. They simply want to be taken seriously if they are worthy of it. The ones I know mostly are very worthy of respect. And they don't all fit the stereotype well. You can't look at them and say, "That's a feminist!" by the way they look. They tend to respect the brassiere, they like men, they are usually fairly chill.

To answer the question of what I am, I could be called a feminist--hearing a man say he's not about feminism makes me feel a little worried about his values, behavior towards women. But really, what I'm for is people (well, and animals, too, but that is another tale.). I stand up for men a lot, probably more than women because I like to fight for what is overlooked. When a woman says "Men are so stupid!" I gently remind her that that game is the one men have played with us. Even if the utterance is in jest, men can take offense, men do have feelings that can be hurt. My male partner and some of our male friends are extremely kind. Heh, these nice guys are probably more of feminists than I am. It's not fair to put them down for things they have not done.

A lot of males think feminism is an entirely female interest, but I don't think it is. I wish it hadn't worked out to appear that way.

I consider myself a feminist because i believe in equal rights for EVERYONE, including women. I think some radical viewpoints of people who call themselves feminists have given the name a bad rap (but this is true of almost every belief system--radicals get the most publicity).

My stance on this is also hard to explain. There's so many things that go into being a "feminist" that I personally think it is impossible to explain it all in a year! For one, I'm not for abortion. You'd be surprised since I work at the one place who is controlling that show; Planned Parenthood. I work there simply because I want to be a therapist, and right now I am counseling troubled youth who are going through STD issues, pregnancy issues, or post-abortion issues. I like what I do because I know I am helping others have a better quality of life. It has a lot less to do with being a woman.

Secondly, there are some things that would make me a feminist. For once, I don't see why the hell men get paid more for jobs women do. Even the male counselors get paid more on average for my job at the women's health center. It's horrible, because I actually spend more time at the hospital myself. I think women should be more free to getting birth control, condoms, etc. when they need it. I think it shouldn't take an expensive doctor's visit to have to get it. A trip to the pharmacy should be enough. We do not want to have babies everytime our partner wants to shag. That's ridiculous.

I think that females shouldn't be bound to being housewives, homemakers, cookie bakers, etc. I personally want to choose that route once I have kids, simply because that's what I want. But not every female wants that. Some want to be doctors, fly planes, deliver children, join the military, ride motorcycles, etc. This shouldn't be frowned upon.

And most of all, sex toys. Yes, sex toys. Why the hell is it that half the people I know think it's okay for a male to masturbate, yet when a female does it, it's a huge HELL NO!? And when she does it with sex toys, she's basically immediately going to hell? Screw that.

So maybe I am a feminist, maybe I'm not. But I'm sure close to being one.