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Are you a feminist? (If so why, if not why not?) (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 days ago by dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Might help also to describe what you think feminism is, since it's one of those terms that is overloaded.

I once had a physical therapist tell me she wasn't a feminist because she thought women couldn't be as physically capable as men when serving as soldiers, and seemed to believe feminism requires treating women exactly like men.

I told her I was a feminist because I believe in equal rights for men and women, an idea she did not seem so opposed to.

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[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 days ago (22 children)

If a person can't accept the basic premise that woman are equal to men, they're sexist by definition. This isn't the fault of "how feminism is promoted".

[–] npdean@lemmy.today 4 points 2 days ago (21 children)

It is. Most people associate feminism with promoting women and not equality. Most people don’t look up the definition in a dictionary

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I care a lot less about what word they use than what ideals they espouse. They can call themselves egalitarians or antisexists or whatever label as long as they oppose sexism, misogyny, heteronormativity, and "gender roles".

[–] npdean@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

Agreed. I think as a whole society has started giving more value to words than actions. It is backwards, especially when social media is prone to creating echo chambers for words, and actions go unnoticed.

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