Define feminism...
December 12, 2009 12:28 PM Subscribe
No, I don't need the dictionary definition...
I want to know what kind of a person you mentally visualize when you come across the term. I want to know the point beyond which you label a woman as a feminist, if she isn't already a self-proclaimed feminist.
Being a man, do you think all feminists are "angry women who hate men"? If so, why? Is a woman who supports women's rights in the family and the workplace instinctively push your "whoa, another one of those" buttons?
Being a strong, independent and opinionated woman who rejects traditional gender/family/life roles without blinking an eye, did you get labeled as a feminist by default? If so, why do you think so? Were people more eager to label you as one if you were single/planned to remain single?
I want to hear all your stories. I will really appreciate if you stick to the topic and not digress a lot. Thanks in advance!
I want to know what kind of a person you mentally visualize when you come across the term. I want to know the point beyond which you label a woman as a feminist, if she isn't already a self-proclaimed feminist.
Being a man, do you think all feminists are "angry women who hate men"? If so, why? Is a woman who supports women's rights in the family and the workplace instinctively push your "whoa, another one of those" buttons?
Being a strong, independent and opinionated woman who rejects traditional gender/family/life roles without blinking an eye, did you get labeled as a feminist by default? If so, why do you think so? Were people more eager to label you as one if you were single/planned to remain single?
I want to hear all your stories. I will really appreciate if you stick to the topic and not digress a lot. Thanks in advance!
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I will really appreciate if you stick to the topic and not digress a lot.
I don't think you can ask six questions, follow up with 'tell me all your stories' and not get some digression.
In any case I pretty much assume everybody's a feminist as in 'people who know women are people like men are people, with a broad array of skills, talents, and ideas.'
I've been really fortunate in spending half my life surrounded by liberals, after having spent the first half surrounded by cavemen.
posted by A Terrible Llama at 12:39 PM on December 12, 2009
I don't think you can ask six questions, follow up with 'tell me all your stories' and not get some digression.
In any case I pretty much assume everybody's a feminist as in 'people who know women are people like men are people, with a broad array of skills, talents, and ideas.'
I've been really fortunate in spending half my life surrounded by liberals, after having spent the first half surrounded by cavemen.
posted by A Terrible Llama at 12:39 PM on December 12, 2009
Response by poster: Irrespective of who all the feminists are!
The question is more about how women are perceived by men and women for having certain opinions and beliefs.
posted by xm at 12:39 PM on December 12, 2009
The question is more about how women are perceived by men and women for having certain opinions and beliefs.
posted by xm at 12:39 PM on December 12, 2009
When I think of feminists, I think of people who self-identify as such.
posted by box at 12:39 PM on December 12, 2009
posted by box at 12:39 PM on December 12, 2009
Best answer: If people seriously would begin to answer, you'd end up with a bunch of labels. Labeling is a social positioning tool, something that happens to humans on the receiving end and on the distributing end. Labeling as such is topic independent: it's the action of labeling itself that stands central, not what's being labelled. You'd learn exactly nothing about feminism. Or: what fixedgear said.
posted by Namlit at 12:48 PM on December 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by Namlit at 12:48 PM on December 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
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posted by R. Mutt at 12:35 PM on December 12, 2009 [1 favorite]