Question: How many of you started out as feminists?

not_shadowbanned_yet · 2014-11-21T04:12:22+00:00

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SirSkeptic · 2014-11-21T10:19:46+00:00

I was.

Grew up in a feminist household - totally believed all the rhetoric and stats - believed that feminism was about equality between the sexes.

I took part in a large rally in 1977 and one of the organizers got up and made a speech to the crowd before the march to remind us of why we were all there.

The gist of the speech was how all the ills of the world are men's fault and it's time to get them back and punish them.

I though; wow! she's totally misunderstood what feminism was all about. she's about to be booed off the fountain (she was standing on a fountain).

Then the entire crowd cheered. I looked around in horror - it was me who had misunderstood feminism.

The_Pang0lin · 2014-11-21T06:17:29+00:00

I did.

It was the only viewpoint available on gender, so I figured... I'm for equality, I guess that makes me a feminist. I was always annoyed with anti-male attitudes that were floating around, so I got in with a really niche crowd of sex-workers rights activists. Due to their exposure and dependence on it, their view of male sexuality is a lot more... friendly.

I still have a certain amount of respect for these women.

eletheros · 2014-11-21T09:40:57+00:00

I was a feminist, but one in the example of my mother who no longer refers to herself as a feminist.

I've never been able to point at a contemporary feminist organization and say "I agree with them." I now recognize that the only frame / platform / policy group / whatever you care to term it of feminism that matters is that which lobbies and in turn controls the force of the gov't. That platform has chosen to do so in manners to harm men. I would never embrace them.

If you want a group that doesn't "fail men, trans people, etc" then you need to separate yourself from that lobbying group by not calling yourself a feminist.

deathdragon5858 · 2014-11-21T04:04:16+00:00

I started out thinking I was a feminist. I have since learned I do not fit all pretty into any little box, and a lot of people out there will say you are not really (insert label here) if you don't participate in group think and agree with their leaders 100%.

DuusieDos · 2014-11-21T04:48:29+00:00

I still consider myself a feminist in the traditional sense, but I will not identify as one. However I don't consider anyone I've heard of, seen, read or met lately a feminist. Well maybe except Christina Hoff Sommers.

BlueDoorFour · 2014-11-21T06:31:34+00:00

When I first went to college, I wasn't just a feminist. I firmly believed women to be superior to men in every way – mentally, socially, spiritually, biologically. I was self-hating, and worshipped femininity.

As time went on, I realized that men and women were equally flawed, equally good human beings. It was only after I started listening to my feminist friends and reading up on feminist theory that the whole thing seemed less and less appealing. Then I discovered the MRM, and my feelings of unease finally made sense.

CellularPeptideCake · 2014-11-21T07:01:34+00:00

I have always believed that men and women are equal and should have equal opportunities. By default, I remember calling that feminism. But since that's not what it's about in ANY appreciable way, I haven't used that word in a very long time.

OzzieMatt · 2014-11-21T08:33:40+00:00

Change it's name to humanism or egalitarianism and fight for gender equality for both genders. Stop lying. Stop fabricating research. Stop the propaganda. Stop the misandry. (NB: I have never identified as a 'feminist' - ever)

DavidByron2 · 2014-11-21T18:11:20+00:00

Feminism is a hate movement. It doesn't fail men. It persecutes men. It ceaselessly attacks men. It denigrates men, it supports violence against men, it lies about men. It lobbies for hate laws that discriminate against men. Everything feminists do is to attack men and spread their hateful ideas.

Title	Question: How many of you started out as feminists?
Author	The_Pang0lin
Upvotes	5
Comments	14
Date	November 21, 2014 3:58 AM UTC (11 years ago)
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