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[–]Radish 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I do not believe that all the divisiveness is feminist. I don't think telling women to sit down and shut up is ever indicative of a movement for women.

All religions are oppressive to women, and I don't mind saying so. That doesn't mean I don't have respect for the women in them. Just not the oppressive religions (not sure why you think I was advocating for defending islam or for staying silent about woman hating abuse here)

There are people standing in line to blame "the feminists" for everything. By that, they tend to mean "Any woman who has an opinion I don't like or who voices it in a manner I don't like." I refuse to join that line.

[–]SharpTomorrow 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

There are people standing in line to blame "the feminists" for everything. By that, they tend to mean "Any woman who has an opinion I don't like or who voices it in a manner I don't like." I refuse to join that line.

And that's not what I'm saying. It's just that feminism cannot be about every single possible struggle on the planet.

[–]Radish 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Feminism should be about women. It has been corrupted to be defined in so many different ways (many not having the words "women" "girls" or "female" in it at all) that it no longer has that meaning, and people don't know what they're talking about.