Do some feminists try to create a lifestyle in which they have no contact at all with a man?

Question

For instance, they will live in an all female neighborhood, work in an all female workplace, use only female plumbers, female butchers, etc.

Answer 1

Men usually avoid people that have an abrasive "me, me, me" attitude, so the feminists don't even have to distance themselves .

It's already taken care of.

Answer 2

I have never heard of that. I would suspect that would be fairly hard to do. I am in one of the most traditionally female fields that is still filled with one of the highest percentages of female employees. Elementary education...okay if you go back far enough its was a man's job...like 300 years ago where women just didn't work out of the home and few children went to school.

But even I am in contact with men on a daily basis. Unless there was a group of women who tried to start their own community, I think this feat would be pretty difficult, not to mention have backwards effects for Feminism.

Answer 3

While separatism was a viable feminist political and social movement in the 1970s and 1980s, few feminist theorists today support separatism as an agenda. Other dimensions of the struggle for gender equality now predominate.

Answer 4

That sort of lifestyle would be very difficult for a heterosexual feminist. It wouldn't be that easy for a lesbian feminist either since I don't think any all female neighborhood exists.

Answer 5

A (very) few lesbians tried this in the 60s and 70s. It was just a fad and didn't work, much like all the other communes. They were best described as 'separatists' rather than 'feminists'.

Answer 6

Its pretty much their personal preference. Somehow they've been brought up or indoctrinated to dislike and avoid men. And then at the same time empower females.

Some feminists are married to men, some to women, and some not a all. I don't think all are like that though.

Answer 7

That seems a little extreme. There may be a small subset of feminists like that. But then there is a small subset of people who get turned on by dressing up like a chicken, too. It takes all types.

Answer 8

Not at all. I would have to give up my husband, sons, employment and volunteer work. I have been a feminist for 30 plus years and have never considered not having males around. That whole assumption is preposterous and has nothing to do with feminism.
Perhaps you should educate yourself because making statements such as this makes you appear quite ignorant.

Answer 9

I've only seen one example of this. It was in a novel, and the woman's actions were largely borne of anger at her daughter being raped and how the justice system did almost nothing about it.

Answer 10

Nuns?

...but feminists? No, that's pretty unlikely. Seeing as feminism is about integrating women into society as equals with men, this would be kind of pointless. It's more likely women would do this for religious or personal reasons (eg. convents, women's shelters, or lesbian communities), not feminism.

Answer 11

Maybe you are right and if so that is not the best way to deal with the almost extinct problem of sexism.
I wonder how many feminists in here are lesbians with hidden agendas.
The two genders should come together with respect and honesty for the benefit of all, not to separate apart just for the benefit of a few sexist women.