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Jan 07, 2010 23:56

If I hear one more person - especially one more female - say that they are "not a feminist," I am going to skip my usual Socrates method of disproof and go straight for using my brain power to blast their head into tiny microscopic portions ( Read more... )

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xanny January 8 2010, 07:43:44 UTC
To be fair? I dislike the word “feminist” and try to avoid using it when possible. If I could replace the word, I would use "egalitarian” because I feel that it has less negativity associated with it; if anything, the people telling you “I’m not a feminist!” is proof that the Dreaded F Word does have negative connotations ( ... )

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xanny January 8 2010, 07:48:33 UTC
And as a sidenote: I find it HILARIOUS that, when asked, many women (espeically those around our age) think that women's suffrage should be abolished. So much for them understanding that suffrage =/= suffering, right? @.@

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thejabberwock January 8 2010, 17:17:55 UTC
Oh, that just makes me cringe. I hadn't heard that'n before >

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Keeva didn't let me sleep, so hopefully this, uh, actually makes sense. thejabberwock January 8 2010, 17:40:48 UTC
I'm glad my best friend is not an idiot^.~ Not that I doubted.

Agreed on most counts, with some clarification/explanation on my part; in all of these conversations, it was clear that we were not discussing Feminists (capital F) or the man-hating variety. I DO generally ask the person to clarify before I smack them upside the head... but the majority of people this conversation comes up with - and usually in history or anthropology classes, at that - are the people to whom this conversation would apply.

The sadly interesting thing to me is the negative association the word HAS in society, as it almost acts as FURTHER proof for the need of such a venture in the first place. Why do feminists create such a bad connotation? I mean, arguably all groups with extremes hold similar negative connotations, but I don't think I've ever witnessed such vehement denial for association as I have with the feminists. It's one of those things that probably shadows exactly how ingrained gender-roles are in our society, and that makes me sad.

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redatt January 8 2010, 09:34:19 UTC
Me: Do you believe that women's place is inside the home and that she should be concerned only with cleaning, cooking, and pleasing her husband however he may desire, regardless of whether or not that manner may include psychological, physical or sexual abuse?

Me: If you answered "yes" to any of the above, then YOU ARE A FRAKIN' FEMINIST.

o.0

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thejabberwock January 8 2010, 17:16:40 UTC
Uh. GOOD point. I'll go...see... to that.

-head desk-

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