{"id":3164,"date":"2007-02-12T20:52:02","date_gmt":"2007-02-13T03:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/02\/12\/my-definition-of-feminist\/"},"modified":"2011-12-02T12:42:22","modified_gmt":"2011-12-02T20:42:22","slug":"my-definition-of-feminist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=3164","title":{"rendered":"My Definition Of "Feminist""},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThis is just the definition I use; I’m not claiming that I can dictate my definition to anyone else. What I try to do with a definition is to exclude as many clear non-feminists and feminist-bashers as possible, while still maintaining a “big umbrella” definition that can include feminists with wildly disparate views.<\/p>\n

A feminist:<\/p>\n

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  1. Advocates for the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes.<\/li>\n

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  2. Believes that there is current, significant, society-wide inequality and sexism.<\/li>\n

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  3. Doesn’t believe that men are the primary victims of inequality and sexism.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Point one is pretty much derived from the standard dictionary definition of feminism.<\/p>\n

    Point two is intended to exclude folks who don’t see any present need for feminism, because they believe equality has already been achieved. Feminism is an activist, political movement; you can’t be a feminist if you’re not advocating for change, in my opinion.<\/p>\n

    Point three is intended to exclude men’s rights activists and their fellow travelers. My previous definition excluded the MRAs in a slightly different way, by saying that feminists believe that sexism and inequality “on balance disadvantages women.”<\/p>\n

    But I now think that excluded too much; although many (perhaps most) feminists think that sexism and inequality primarily oppress women, I know sincere feminists who think that both sexes are significantly oppressed by the gender binary system, and that making a “whose worse off” comparison is not a useful approach. My modified definition no longer excludes those folks, but still excludes MRAs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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