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"I am a Feminist, and I am the 99%!"

ProWomanAntiFeminist

October 15, 2011

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Title	"I am a Feminist, and I am the 99%!"
Author	ProWomanAntiFeminist
Upvotes	0
Comments	12
Date	October 15, 2011 12:44 AM UTC (14 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/lcote/i_am_a_feminist_and_i_am_the_99/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/MensRights/i-am-a-feminist-and-i-am-the-99.1033095 https://theredarchive.com/post/1033095

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[–]Hamakua 1 point2 points3 points 14 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link

Not the reason.

we both know any feminist ideologies being put forth as reasoning behind the OWS movement are wrong.

I'll concede that taking in "99%" is going to take in all those ideologies, however instead of voicing what the "99%" is having a collective issue with different ideologies are now "Oh wow, this is gaining traction, let us see if we can get our share".

Even if it's a parody of something - it wasn't funny.

That is why I qualified it as possibly allegorical. What I meant to relay is "In the same format as an opponent to draw attention to that specific opponent through the parallel or identical medium". People who cannot make the "OWS" movement have been writing/typing up short biographies in a

"My school
"My level of schooling
"My debt
"No job
"I am the 99 %"

... format, or something to that effect and publishing it online. I have seen them on reddit (outside this forum) but do not have any specific links.

[–]russlo 1 point2 points3 points 14 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

Thanks for the source, reading now. And it's funny, she mentions that "Many—typically straight white men—claim that talking about gender and race will only divide us, when what we need is to be standing together and focusing on how we’re all the same." So why go with her flow there, and call her out, even through parodying or allegorical demonstration, like the OP has done?

I'm a straight white male. I'm part of the 99%. Unless one of you is Warren Buffett, you're part of the 99% too. We (almost) all, by definition, are. If they want to talk about their problems, I think the worst we can do to them if we actually do hold the view that other issues will dilute the issue at hand is to let them.

If we all really believe that by raising any other issues, they'll dilute the cause over all, I say we let them. Don't stand in their way. Let go of the tug of war rope and tell them "Have at it, fight just as hard for social equality as you do for economic fairness, and just as hard as you would fight against any other injustice."

But I think we need to be the ones phrasing it, in exactly that way. Fighting for equality is different than fighting for the rights of any one group - and most importantly: it's a path feminists can't walk down, because they don't actually believe in equality.

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