Do Women LIKE to Be Lied To? | 94 comments (94 topical, 0 hidden)
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"I'm not a feminist in any way, but I do expect to be viewed as a strong woman who isn't needy and desperate for a long-term commitment."

Ana, if you, as a woman, expect to be treated with respect, then yes, you ARE a feminist. 

You might spend some time thinking about why you assume that a feminist is some terrible, bad thing to be. (HINT: think about the popular views of people who call themselves 'liberal' or 'atheist'.)

P.S. Gender essentialism is totally worthless, and as such, virtually all EP claims are bunk. It's sadly very popular for someone to take a very limited scientific finding concerning gender and extrapolate way too far, projecting their own preconceptions on the data, drawing unwarranted conclusions, all in an attempt to paint the status quo as "scientific". It is not scientific in the least to ascribe to genetics what is much better explained by social conditioning.

by QED on 01/23/2009 04:06:31 PM EST

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...if I'm a feminist, I'm definitely not active in enough in the cause. And I don't view feminism as a negative thing. Just throwing that out there.

by AnaKasparian on 01/23/2009 04:54:43 PM EST

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therefore by definition you are benefiting from feminism. You don't have to be an activist to believe in women's right to equal treatment.

by desertpear on 01/23/2009 06:20:52 PM EST

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Well that is fine. You can be a liberal without being a liberal activist. You can be a feminist without being an outspoken feminist. You can be an atheist or agnostic without putting up anti-religious signs in capitol buildings.

However, for the sake of rigor, I will point out that simply benefiting from feminism isn't the same as being a feminist. Leslie Unruh, to take one example, is as vile an anti-feminist as you can be, yet even she benefits from feminism. Indeed, you and I wouldn't even know her name if not for the work of feminists and proto-feminists before her time fighting for the idea that people can learn things from listening to women speak.

by QED on 01/27/2009 01:45:06 PM EST

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Learn the difference between "feminism" and "radical feminism."  They are NOT the same.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik i/Radical_feminism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik i/Feminism

I'm a feminist just as much as any liberal is (or should be).

by jarett on 01/27/2009 02:48:43 PM EST

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Do Women LIKE to Be Lied To? | 94 comments (94 topical, 0 hidden)