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[monaubergine]

Okay, so I kind of had this rant rattling around inside my head since psychology yesterday, but then I remembered that Sars had already said everything I wanted to say, only way more articulately. So everyone should go read this essay, especially the last paragraph.

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[monaubergine]

When you say "what a lot of feminists don't realize..." I'm going to have to argue that you don't really know what most feminists really think. As the essay stated, feminism is about political, economic, and social equality. Most feminists I know are aware that there are fundamental biological differences between men and women. But just because a women might not be able to run as fast as a man doesn't mean she shouldn't be allowed to participate in the olympics, you know? I don't think it's sexist to have separate events for men and women; I would think it was sexist if there were no events for women at all. I have a feeling that when you think of the word 'feminist', you think of radical feminists (or feminazis, though I despise that word because it was coined by Rush Limbaugh and also breaks Godwin's Law).
That's basically the point of the essay, anyway. As long as you support equality between the sexes, than you are a feminist. It doesn't matter if you're pro-choice or pro-life, or if you're a stay-at-home mom or a lesbian with a mullet. You don't have to agree on every single issue of "feminist" politics, as long as you think women should have the same rights as men.

[j0hn1215]

I'm fine with seperate events in the olympics. I think it would unfair to women if they did just have one event in fact.

Every group has radiacls in it, and most of the time it's these people who make the entire movement look like bunk.
If you go to extreme into anything you become excatly what you hate.

Feminists who take it too far want to oppress males, which is exactly what they should hate as they origninally wanted the sexes to be equal.
Fanatic Pro-life people somtimes kill abortion doctors, creating death when the y are fighting aginst death.
Fanatic Pro-Choice people hate the religious people because they are closed minded and won't listen to reason, when they themselves won't listen to any reasons, as they are so set in their opinion.

It happens everywhere, and it's the 5% that ruins it for the other 95%.

Then I guess I'm a feminist.
A Menshivik feminist, not a bolshevik.

[monaubergine]

I definitely agree.