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Dave B. asked in Social ScienceGender Studies · 5 years ago

Can we just drop the term feminist once and for all?

The word has become so distorted and misused that it is essentially meaningless. The person that favors equality between the genders is a feminist. The angry man-hating woman is a feminist. The guy that blackens his girlfriend's eye because he wouldn't take that kind of treatment from a man either is a feminist. Can we just find more accurate terms for these things so people know what we're talking about?

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    5 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    I agree many distort the meaning but that doesn't mean the original meaning is not accurate - it is.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    5 years ago

    I don't care how you label yourself. Actions talk, titles walk. If you are truly about equality, it will be obvious and hopefully respected. But the hypocrites screaming equality as they continue to applaud the stripping of equality involving men only screams liar!

  • Mikel
    Lv 6
    5 years ago

    The feminists won't just let that go, but I think we could compromise.

    The feminists keep saying they want to ban the B**** word from our language and fair enough if they find it offensive.

    In exchange we should ban the F******* word too. That sounds like a reasonable strategy yes?

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    it's not up to you - how people want to identify

    you sound like a control freak

    it's a no from me

    seriously - you think if you make up a new word ...the issues will go away

    you think a guy punching a woman in the face is a feminist ...even a moron knows that's a load of inflammatory, childish bollocks - but, let them identify

    sounds like when fro says she is a lesbian - the old piss take

  • Thomas
    Lv 6
    5 years ago

    This word has taken root in society. It is here to stay.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    Sounds like a good idea but feminists care more about their label than about what they think it's supposed to mean.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    5 years ago

    nope.

  • 5 years ago

    Feminism is cancer. solved

  • ?
    Lv 5
    5 years ago

    The angry man-hating woman is a feminist.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Whatever you're doing just continues the term.

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