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No, I am not a feminist. I don't quite understand the agenda or core goals of the feminist movement. I have studied about some feminists and understand their individual initiatives to achieve gender equality (i.e., equal recognition/pay within their field, attention to social and political issues that adversely affect women) but I don't get the whole "movement" thing and don't quite understand what it is they have achieved.

I would never embrace the words girl, bitch, slut.., or cunt for any reason, because they are historically derogatory terms, are psychologically damaging, and are unnecessary terms for anyone with an adult vocabulary to use.

Women who identify themselves as feminists are sometimes considered imbalanced because, in my opinion, social/economic/political gender equity cannot be achieved by debasing and devaluing men, and that is what I think of when I think of a feminist -- someone who wants to flip the script on men, which would create just as much social dysfunction. If feminists see life as a competition, then maybe that's the problem, because in my opinion, there shouldn't be a competition between the sexes.

I don't belong to any women’s groups so I don't know if feminist efforts have actually resulted in lasting changes, but it is likely that it will be a long time before there is obvious gender equity. It is obvious that in arenas and positions of great impact and importance, equity is severely lacking.