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My sister is 53 and she wears a T-shirt that’s says “body type: real” She is over weight. As am I. I consider her a feminist but not the toxic kind.
by cranberryturkey 2y ago
My sister is 53 and she wears a T-shirt that’s says “body type: real”
She is over weight. As am I. I consider her a feminist but not the toxic kind.
- WarOnPrivacy 2y ago> I consider her a feminist but not the toxic kind. Over my longish live, I've known many people who were feminists. I've also known a number of toxic people. I've some toxic people who were feminist (was wed 2 one). But I don't know what a 'toxic kind of feminist' is; I have never met one.
- llamaimperative 2y agoWell, there definitely are extremist feminists who just categorically hate men, which seems pretty toxic to me.
- rfrey 2y agoEvery ideology that promotes radical change, including extremely positive radical change, will develop some extremists and ideologues. Animal welfare groups have groups who would murder humans to save cows. Environmental groups have fringes that support eradication of human society. Feminism is not exempt from this phenomenon, and that's what's meant by a "toxic kind of feminist". It is idiotic to paint the entire group using the pigment of these extremists, and this is what misogynists do when they talk about man-hating feminists and dig up some juicy quote from a Berkeley professor. I find it useful to remind myself of this periodically to help avoid doing it myself, for example by fixating on (genuine) Nazi supporters of Trump and generalizing their views. I'm sure I do it with other groups I disagree with, too.