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Originally posted by Honeykiss1974
SnS and Little, you both are entitled to your opinions, however, the fact remains that more of my freedom/equality that I'm trying to enjoy today were not due to the feminist movement. Connected maybe, but the feminist movement was not the fuel to the Civil Rights Era, which actually gave me access to equal housing, education. Shoot, things such as equal pay and opportunities still didn't come until after Affirmative Action legislation was passed (which passed only after "women" in general were added).
Not to get into a "my movement was bigger than yours" debate, but I'm just stating that when it came to things such as what was discussed previously, it alone isn't cause for me to identify myself as a feminist.
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Oh -- I wasn't arguing with your choice to identify more with one movement over another. We all have to make choices at one point or another which of our labels (gender, race, religion, etc.) take precedence over the others. Just as I'm going to choose to identify with "feminist" before I identify with "Greek," I don't think there is anything wrong with identifying with your race or religion first if you feel that takes priority in your life. I just wanted to make the point that there is not an American (or Canadian) woman out there who doesn't benefit from the feminist movements on a regular basis. You (general you, not you, Honeykiss
) may not agree with all the tenets of feminism, but you better believe you still benefit from it.