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>I bet you think women should vote, and be treated equally under the law. I bet you think women should earn equal pay for equal work (even if you think the wage
by stevenmays 12y ago
>I bet you think women should vote, and be treated equally under the law. I bet you think women should earn equal pay for equal work (even if you think the wage gap is caused by parenthood / not asking for raises or some other explanation). I bet you think rape is wrong. If you said yes to any of these questions, you're a feminist.
This is a logical fallacy (Association). If you believe in X, then you are Y. You can believe in all of those listed criteria and not consider yourself a feminist, because it is a broad topic and some viewpoints are more extreme then others.
- sarciszewski 12y ago> You can believe in all of those listed criteria and not consider yourself a feminist, It's not about self-description, though. At all.
- classicsnoot 12y agoum, yes it is. self determination is the root of equality. others can apply labels willy nilly. how one views themselves is the most important factor in embodying an identity.
- sarciszewski 12y agoI can call myself a lion but that doesn't make it so. Reality is objective. Get over it. As for my actual point: "Doing X makes you Y" is about public perception, not self-perception. If you conflate the two, you do more damage to yourself than anything I could ever say.
- classicsnoot 12y agoApples to oranges. Feminism is not a species. If a weak lion says,"I am a strong lion." then one might be able to say that Mr. lion is deluding itself, but it may also be beginning the path towards becoming the strong lion it wishes to be.
- sarciszewski 12y agoYou seem to care a lot about feminism being delegated as an exclusive label for extremists and-- > about: classicsnoot.tumblr.com Oh.