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7. That's basically a slight against feminism to say it doesn't need to exist because of humanism.
Sat Mar 8, 2014, 01:59 PM
Mar 2014

As if humanists are themselves capable of addressing every necessary subcategory of their philosophy.

Are latino/latina or indigenous or black African or African American or Asian or gay rights movements now not necessary because humanism exists?

The attempt to steal away the purpose of feminism and reassign it to humanism is, to me and many others, extremely offensive. And it disregards the needs and accomplishments of the movement that necessarily must exist as a targeted effort. Rather than one single megamovement which, because of it's size, is incapable of properly catering to every identity within its boundaries.

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