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Originally Posted by WhiteWhale
Your definition is absolutely correct. The label 'Feminism' has expanded beyond simply supporting equality for the sexes. Many modern 'feminists' are really just misandrists hiding behind a movement.
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That's almost entirely false and has the effect of stigmatizing people who challenging the status quo regarding gender roles and inequality. The vast majority of the population has no idea how much we tend to limit people based upon conceptions of what they can or can't do simply because they are male or female.
Are there a few Andrea Dworkin types out there? Absolutely. But you claim is akin to saying that all Republicans are Klan members simply because some are.
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"When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”--Abraham Lincoln
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