oldbadger
Skanky Old Mongrel!
OK...... but ever since I came on RF my perceptions of it, as shown in my first three posts, have grown to what they are now.This doesn't apply to all of feminism though.
It's too big a tent to generalize that much.
(I can only speak of Americastan though.)
It's divisive to make it about movements being starkly "good" or "bad".
(And yeah, I know...some feminists are guilty of this too.)
Yes..... What is MRM? I googled it and could choose between a Hungarian Political Movement of a space mission.... ?There's merit to be found all over the place....MRM, feminism, egalitarianism, humanism....even within those evil Pubs & Dems. Shocking, eh?
But there is no comparison between Feminism and, say, Egalitarianism. Humanism or Egalitarianism are not groups, or badges, more to do with intangible concepts. You cannot attack them any more than one could attack 'love' or 'integrity' etc.... They just 'are'
Feminism reminds me now of a militia, but one which cherry picks its issues, leaving serious stuff by the wayside.
I could not identify as feminist either, but once I made that decision I was gone, before the purple was ever created. I really tried..... but... No!For me the contentious issue has been which of the many banners I'll adopt.
The reason I started the thread about why I don't identify as feminist was cuz in
discussing the new DIR, no one was willing to offer a definition to allow inclusion.
But they made it clear that one had to identify as a "feminist". My favoring gender
equality was insufficient to join. So as soon as it became purple, I was pointedly
told to leave. I
Heatedly objected....... There are two words that I associate with Feminism now..... 'Irritatingly prickly'. Most women around here (I carried out a survey in early 2013) used the word inappropriate (for them).thought an explanation for not joining seemed in order. But some
feminists heatedly objected to the subject, & the thread was closed.