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Originally posted by NebraskaDelt
I must have been taught a different form of feminism. I actually was attacked by it on several occassions both in high school and undergraduate school.
The feminists that attacked me were separatists who claimed men were unneeded in society and that human life would be best without them. They also stated that since all hierarchy in society was created by men, then the hierarchy should be destroyed and nothing ever created to resemble it. This included Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, etc. as far as religion, and democracy, monarchy, parliamentarianism, etc. The list goes on.
I guess that's what I get for talking to "womyn" majoring in "womym's studies".
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The women that attacked you are Gender Feminists. They don't care if a woman is qualified for a position - she should automatically get it because she is a woman and women have been oppressed - and they never question a woman's story of rape because it must be true because a woman said so.
These are the bad kind of feminists, or feminazis, who make the majority of women ashamed to call themselves feminists and be associated with that kind of behavior.
The good kind of feminists are Equity Feminists. They believe in equal opportunities and equal pay. They also believe in the right of a woman to choose ANY lifestyle SHE wants - yes, including deciding to be a stay at home mom because that's what SHE wants to do. If you asked the majority of women and men they would agree with these things. Unfortunately, as happens in many social movements, the nutcases have drowned out the sane people.
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just so no one thinks I came up w/ this on my own. I'm not that smart. 