Define Feminism

PierceHarlan · 2013-05-08T13:38:12+00:00

Can we talk about issues instead of labels? Not helpful.

OuiCrudites · 2013-05-08T14:20:48+00:00

Feminism is a supremacist ideology that seeks power for women. Especially white women who lean Left politically.

A Feminist is anyone who calls themselves a Feminist.

Yes, gender inequalities exist. But Feminism, while claiming to seek redress of these inequalities, is actually very focused on only alleviating them for women. Men are expected to continue our traditional gender roles of protecting and providing for women.

memymineown · 2013-05-08T13:21:48+00:00

The definition of feminism is whatever benefits the feminist you are talking to the most at that moment.

The_Patriarchy · 2013-05-08T14:03:39+00:00

What is your definition of feminism?

Feminism is the belief that women are disadvantaged relative to men, and that, in order to achieve equality, women must gain advantage and/or men must lose advantage.

Basically: feminism = egalitarianism + believing we live in a "patriarchy".

What makes someone a feminist?

Believing something roughly equivalent to what I just wrote above.

Gender inequality is a disparity between individuals due to gender. Do you believe that gender inequality persists today?

Yes but it's not just women always being disadvantaged and men always being advantaged. In the west, men and women are both advantaged and disadvantaged in different ways, relative to one another.

EvilPundit · 2013-05-08T12:37:41+00:00

An ideology based on the assumption that men collectively oppress women, and have done so for a long time.

As such, feminism is anti-male if consistently applied.

CrossHook · 2013-05-08T13:45:29+00:00

Feminism = Traditionalism - Patriarchy

seego79 · 2013-05-08T14:30:34+00:00

there are 2 kinds of feminsts.

feminists who are egalitarian in all but name. they just lack awareness of mens issues rather than actively campaigning against them or demonising men. in my opinion this makes up the majority of modern feminists.

2.professional feminists/misandrists. they campaign against us, attemp to silence us and attribute all of societies ills to us. they tend to find places of power and influence and use that power to hurt men under the guise of equality. its not a conspiracy but they are over represented in politics, education, acedemia and the media.

of course there is still gender inequality, if it wasn't here then we wouldn't exist, nor would womens rights activists (not feminists in my opinion)

WhiteThrone · 2013-05-08T16:43:35+00:00

Feminism ... the ideology that claims it can solve the social problems of the world by focusing money, resources, and attention on the problems of half the population, ignoring, denying, or dismissing the problems of the other half of the population and any criticism of this approach is hateful misogyny and needs to be banned into non-existence.

VeryWideDoucheNozzle · 2013-05-08T13:46:54+00:00

A narcissistic social cancer, exclusive to vagina holders only. 😊

2013-05-08T14:10:59+00:00

What makes someone a feminist?

Faking interest in the men's rights movement.

ExpendableOne · 2013-05-08T14:25:46+00:00

A feminist is someone that looks at issues of gender equality and not only exclusively focuses on how they affect women, completely ignoring all the issues that affect men or how they affect men, but which also make that mentality a fundamental part of the way they see the world(see "patriarchy theory"). Extremist feminists only take those basic sexist tenets to a greater extreme(going as far as to justify premeditated, radical or loud hate/misandry and antipathy, rather than the oblivious, moderate and subtle hate/misandry and apathy of the average feminist).

Anyone that labels himself or herself, whether they actually understand the label or not(many still mistakenly believe that feminism is a, or the, gender egalitarian movement; despite all the history and documentation to the contrary), is still defending and glorifying the movement, the word, the chauvinistic beliefs on which they stem from and the sexist conclusions they stand for.

Gender inequality, or disparities between individuals due to gender, are still all over the place to this day. There have always been inequalities hurting men that have been ignored throughout history and which are only now being approached. Women benefit from countless advantages and privileges, in virtually all aspect of life/society, and these are still, for the most part, being ignored both because of male disposability and feminist activism(which has historically framed every single gender issue, even the ones which primarily affected/hurt men, as "women's issues").

theozoph · 2013-05-09T03:02:39+00:00

Why should we define it? We're not feminists.

fia_bui · 2013-05-08T13:44:39+00:00

Didn't we do this the other day?

Someone is a feminist if they say they are and they hold opinions about gender. That's about it, any further refinement of the term can only be based on selectively choosing which feminist ideas one likes/hates best.

2013-05-08T14:05:58+00:00

Feminism: The movement concerned with women's rights, that promotes, and, acts while informed by feminist theory.
Feminist: A gender equality advocate who, by their definition of feminism, considers themself a feminist.
Yes.

Note that while I hold "feminism" to its theories, I do not hold feminists to those theories so I don't put words in their mouths. This is the reason why, when I talk to a feminist, I ask them "What do you believe as a feminist?" and then go from there...

notnotnotfred · 2013-05-08T14:50:57+00:00

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Disorderly-Conduct · 2013-05-09T06:42:09+00:00

I think the second entry for feminism in the Merriam-Webster dictionary says it best.

2 : organized activity on behalf of women's rights and interests

A feminist is anyone who engages in this activity and labels themselves as such.

Also: Note the distinction between "women's rights" and "woman's human rights".

probablyhrenrai · 2013-05-13T14:59:31+00:00

Something that, like Affirmative Action, was started in support of equal rights, but now (those who call themeselves feminist) support sexism against men in the same way that Affirmative Action now really just gives unjustified help to non-whites and women. Seriously, I really though I was equal and all that.

waffebunny · 2013-05-08T16:48:25+00:00

Someone who believes that women should be equal to men.

Title	Define Feminism
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