Feminism and Masulinism

[disheah]

Last month Brigid made a post on her blog about feminism that drew a lot of replies.

Last week, we were discussing Abby Sunderland at work, and the general consensus (all except me and one other guy) was that her parents shouldn't have let her try to sail around the world. I then made the comment "You know, if this was a boy doing this, no one

Comments

[alice_the_raven]

I was totally oblivious to such an internet conflict going on. However, I very much agree that treating anyone as a person first is the way to go. I can empathize with both sides of the equation though

[disheah]

Thank you for your comment. You are the kind of woman that should be in your field by pure merit, which is how I think everyone should get there.

[staggeronward]

It's neat to see how much conversation my blog post has generated. The post has made me really examine my feminism as well... I've struggled with the term "feminist" for a long time because it's so divisive, and also because I'm in favor of gender equality for men as well as women; in fact, I think some of the biggest challenges facing gender equality involve discrimination against men - for example, the fact that TV and movies portray violence against, and even rape of men as comedy makes me sick