I always hear feminists try to wiggle out of questions about the sexist nature of feminism with things like "I'm not that type of feminist" or "Well (insert name of sexist feminist leader) doesn't speak for ALL feminists."
There's always a means to pass the buck along.
It's hard to pinpoint what feminism is really about when people with seemingly diametrically opposite views are under the same blanket.
You'd think feminists would want to get rid of the "bad apples" that are marring the movement.
...& yet feminist blogs & feminist websites seem to have no problem agreeing with & promoting the works of the "bad apples."
Feminism seems to be very fragmented & inconsistent.
2007-10-24 16:06:17 · 5 answers · asked by hopscotch 5 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
Is it possible that the term "feminist" doesn't mean what it used to mean? ...Or is it possible to have diametrically opposing views in the same movement & have that movement actually stand for something?
That's the main point here. When the staples of feminism change 180 degrees, how can anyone know which feminism they're supporting?
A supposedly anti-sexist movement that promotes sexism... I'm sorry, but that's pretty damn inconsistent.
2007-10-24 18:32:18 · update #1
People can call themselves anything they want. A person can call themselves "liberal" and yet believe wholeheartedly in the death penalty.
Be careful what internet sources you give credence to. Most of them are really not valuable sources for educational purposes. In fact, in all of my college classes, we are not allowed to use internet sources for research purposes in writing research papers. Professors do not value these sources at all as legitimate means for providing credible material.
Those anti-feminist websites are just as bad.
Just food for thought.
2007-10-24 16:19:11 · answer #1 · answered by It's Ms. Fusion if you're Nasty! 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
"Feminist" is a blanket term that is used to describe many sociopolitical groups which maintain that equality between women and men is an important and desirable social and legal construct.
That's the reasons many feminisms have adjectives attached to the root word. First-wave, Second-wave, and Third-wave are the most broad terms, but there are further divisions of feminsms which have their own adjectives.
Not everyone is trying to "pass the buck along"; like other social groups, feminists simply don't want to be confused with other people who have views which are similar, but not the same. You wouldn't call a Baptist an Episcopalian, and you wouldn't say "Law & Order" is on CBS. Feminisms are no different.
2007-10-24 23:24:03 · answer #2 · answered by Cine 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Feminism doesn't have an identifiable leadership that decides who stays and who goes. In my opinion, a feminist believes in nothing more or less than total equality; anyone who acts in a way that doesn't match with this isn't a feminist.
2007-10-24 23:23:03 · answer #3 · answered by Rio Madeira 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's not fragmented and it's not inconsistent. It is a living, vital political and social ideology that touches different people in different ways. That's why it works - everyone defines for themselves what their idea of equality is, even the ones who don't want to be equal, they're still exercising their choices.
I'm going to have to start logging in to those blogs and websites so I can read for myself who are the "bad apples" you and your friends are always trotting out so gleefully.
2007-10-24 23:19:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
FEMINIST...ANOTHER WORD FOR HERES ANOTHER ***** TO MEN ..LOL
2007-10-25 02:47:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋