xGoldx explained how I feel about it precisely. Often the word feminism carries negative connotations. People associate it with flannel wearing, men hating lesbians who don't shave. While there are feminists like this, I am far from that. I believe that both genders are equally valuable. Women and men are not the same, its just a fact, but we should embrace and respect our differences and unique strengths. In our society women are almost forced to adopt male traits in order to be respected by men in the business word. I hope that this can change and we have made leaps and bounds. I still like to feel feminine and allow my man dominance in certain areas of our relationship, but overall I'm very strong willed and feel blessed to be a woman.

I don't consider myself one. I don't feel like I have had any problems being a woman. Sometimes I think people take it too far and feel that just because she is a woman she should be treated better than a man.

I can totally see your point, but you remarkably demonstrate may issues with Feminism...semantics.

Wouldn't you call that "equality" then? See...semantics.

It only as semantically as the difference between a doctor and a cardiologist. "Equality" is an extremely broad thing, too broad for any one to be a specialist in all respects the same way no one is a proficient in all form of medicine. A Feminists demotes working for equality through a lens of gender analysis and changes based around gender mainly focused around the gender labeled woman, others work for equality through an economic lens, yet no one would say the difference between (insert economic theory here) and "equality" is just semantics. Others work for equality through a more racial lens, other by analysis of class.

That you want for "equality" doesn't mean you know or practice it through the lens of gender any more then working for equality through the lens of gender means you understand economic inequality. Their is of course overlap and it get very very complicated but my basic point remains to me saying you believe in "equality' is like a chef saying his culinary specificity is "food" all who have worked for equality have done so through specific lens ,even if they are unaware of which lens they where using, giving names to those lens is no more semantic then giving different culinary approaches different names.

To put it another equality is a goal, feminism is a class of approaches towards that goal (and only one of multiple which must be deployed for that goal to be met.) It is not semantic to differentiate between the goal and the means nor to difference between different process working towards that goal.

I identify as a feminist. It took me until college and a few gender studies classes before I owned the title. I always had this perception that feminists were all radical before then. I actually kind of had a coming out with my boyfriend, I told him I was a feminist and he said "uh.....I know." haha I guess it was obvious to everyone but me.

I like this stance.

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