 I'm STILL a feminist...what's it to you? |
 Jul 4 2006, 07:53 PM
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 Hardcore BUSTie  Posts: 115 From: New York  |
Sometimes it just feels good to say it.
Whether you use the f-word or not, whether you want babies or fake boobies or neither or both, you may be a feminist -- someone who believes that men and women are of equal importance, and should be treated equally. Is this you? This is me: When I was ten years old, the Equal Rights Amendment was on the table. What's that? I asked. Well, it proposed that women should have the same rights as men. I flipped out. "That's not already a law? People are voting AGAINST it?" Since then, I have been a feminist. I know a lot of people have problems with the word; I know it's acquired some racist and classist overtones along the way, which makes me sad. Because the basic idea is so great. When I say I'm a feminist, I mean that I think women are as important as men, and entitled to the same rights and freedoms. To me, reproductive rights and freedoms are especially important -- probably because it's one of the biggest fish we have to fry here in the US. I'm also concerned with the prevalence of sexual violence against women, and the effects of socially sanctioned sexual misogyny on our culture. Internationally, I tend to buy the party line that poverty is a feminist issue; I also note with dismay the correlation between extremist religion and women's disenfranchisement. Also, I fucking hate rape. So how about you? What made/makes you a feminist, or not? |
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Supposing men are incarcerated because they are m... Jul 14 2006, 05:44 AM nohope
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I thought this wou... Jan 22 2007, 07:48 PM nickclick
It's about feeling who we really are, not wha... Jan 23 2007, 08:09 AM maddy29 i love hippies :)
i love what you said here nic... Jan 23 2007, 09:00 AM greenbean Hey Sixel! Whats the haps?
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and thanks greenb for your st... Jan 23 2007, 02:08 PM LoveMyPugs greenbean -
Dude, I suck at Math :blink: . I... Jan 23 2007, 02:20 PM lapis OK. I feel scared to write this (cause I don't... Jan 24 2007, 01:42 AM tesao hi, lapis! i agree with you, men and women are... Jan 24 2007, 03:28 AM nickclick
men and women and the way that they are treated, ... Jan 24 2007, 10:13 AM dusty I'm not too educated on gender studies, but I ... Jan 24 2007, 10:35 AM sybarite While you can learn feminist theory in an academic... Jan 24 2007, 12:03 PM wombat I'm still a feminist, even though I had bad ex... Jan 24 2007, 12:54 PM ginger_kitty *delurks*
Wombat, My older brother used to always... Jan 24 2007, 04:23 PM crazyoldcatlady i remember when i was 9-10ish, i had a baby sitter... Jan 24 2007, 04:56 PM wombat Yeah, but I hate that stereotype you see in Scooby... Jan 24 2007, 05:08 PM anna k I was Lisa Simpson as a kid. Brainy, socially inep... Jan 24 2007, 11:02 PM chachaheels When I was a kid, I clearly remember sex-role ster... Jan 25 2007, 04:16 AM wombat Oh! cha cha!
Bravo!
or Brava?????
On... Jan 25 2007, 10:42 AM chachaheels I think you're dead right about the pink and p... Jan 25 2007, 11:37 AM greenbean Its funny to hear about the gender issues regardin... Jan 25 2007, 01:21 PM llamas *peek*
I love the discussion of toys and gender... Jan 25 2007, 03:33 PM chachaheels Funny thing about those toys though: I was born i... Jan 25 2007, 04:54 PM raisingirl I'm still a feminist but I'm counting down... Jan 25 2007, 05:33 PM greenbean Oh, cha cha, I totally believe that feminism is pr... Jan 25 2007, 06:25 PM chachaheels I think Twisty is a little belittling...and, in he... Jan 25 2007, 06:47 PM nickclick
...but instead of being thankful for coming into ... Jan 26 2007, 09:52 AM greenbean Totally Cha Cha! I too would like to see wher... Jan 25 2007, 08:02 PM erinjane Just a side note, but I lost all respect for twist... Jan 25 2007, 08:51 PM wombat *Giggle*
*Giggle* Jan 26 2007, 08:57 AM tesao so, without divulging my own opinion, what do all ... Jan 26 2007, 10:40 AM maddy29 hey all-very interesting conv. about toys and gend... Jan 26 2007, 10:49 AM wombat Speaking of sex, girls, and childhood, I remembere... Jan 26 2007, 11:12 AM greenbean tes, I totally think a man can be feminist! M... Jan 26 2007, 12:21 PM go_kayte
finally one of them came down and did the rest of... Jan 26 2007, 12:35 PM chachaheels Wombat, that kid culture you're describing is ... Jan 26 2007, 01:09 PM dusty No, a man can't be a feminist. Its like being... Jan 26 2007, 02:06 PM wombat A lot of -- even most? -- men wouldn't specifi... Jan 26 2007, 03:00 PM greenbean Hmmm, well, I guess it all comes down to our age-o... Jan 26 2007, 03:04 PM sybarite I've argued about whether a man can be feminis... Jan 26 2007, 03:11 PM  |
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