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Are you a feminist? (If so why, if not why not?) (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 month ago by dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Might help also to describe what you think feminism is, since it's one of those terms that is overloaded.

I once had a physical therapist tell me she wasn't a feminist because she thought women couldn't be as physically capable as men when serving as soldiers, and seemed to believe feminism requires treating women exactly like men.

I told her I was a feminist because I believe in equal rights for men and women, an idea she did not seem so opposed to.

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[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Yes, although I really do have to question the capability of concern silos to effect change through society.

Women's rights are human rights. Lgbt rights are human rights. Worker rights are human rights.

The fight for human rights is a fight for us all. United we stand, divided we fall. And holeeeshit are we fucking falling right now.

[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Feminist theory understood that a over a generation ago, and has evolved into the opposite of a "concern silo" as a result. People really just don't look beyond the label.

[–] niftybeaks@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

My definition of feminism is roughly: People of all genders share equal legal rights and social respect. This doesn't mean biological differences aren't real or shouldn't be considered.

So yes, I consider myself a feminist as I have defined above. I do support biological segregation of things like athletics. I say biological since there are obvious outliers when it comes to hormones, muscle mass, and reaction time differences between the biological sexes.

[–] uhdeuidheuidhed@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Nah.

For one, I don't like a term that's supposed to promote equality clearly favoring one side in its name.

For two, most feminists I've met genuinely hate men and think they're owed superiority, not equality, for the treatment of women in the past.

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