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History of Feminism

CTyankee

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4. Hmm, I think you are onto something there...it has always bothered me when people

Reply to seabeyond (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 3, 2014, 11:52 AM

Oct 2014

would say "I'm a humanist" but not "I'm a feminist."

Alas, some of those were women. My guess is that they didn't want to upset men and retreated to "humanist" as a way of saying "see, I care about you, too."

I don't back away from calling myself a feminist and I'll call out anybody who "corrects" me. As I have always said "humanism is feminism and feminism is humanism."

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Why I Prefer The Word “Feminist” Over “Equalist” [View all] sufrommich Oct 2014 OP

To my way of thinking (and I am agreeing with this article) one can NOT be a Humanist Tuesday Afternoon Oct 2014 #1

I agree. The term Humanist is abused as a self-righteous GetOutOfJailFree card. freshwest Oct 2014 #6

i literally saw what changing fem to humanist created. taking it away from women, and putting male seabeyond Oct 2014 #2

Hmm, I think you are onto something there...it has always bothered me when people CTyankee Oct 2014 #4

"humanism is feminism and feminism is humanism." nomorenomore08 Oct 2014 #8

thanks. I think we're onto something, right? CTyankee Oct 2014 #9

Women are human. Therefore, women's interests are human interests. Pretty simple IMO. nomorenomore08 Oct 2014 #10

this is very very good. just the snips. you are making me go in and reading the whole. seabeyond Oct 2014 #3

Equalist sounds like something you put in iced tea to make it sweeter. jmondine Oct 2014 #5

You don't have to call yourself a feminist, but if you're really an "equalist" then that should nomorenomore08 Oct 2014 #7