Now you are talking about moderate behavior. .we are shifting quickly. Would you classify me as a moderate? I don't support bomb threats or "man-hating" or male phobia. But you, I am sure are discussing other moderates, who are these moderate feminists, and what, whom and how do they support?
Of course, you know there is no black and white delineation of these groups. Moderates may support extremists in a small way by self-identifying with said group. But most importantly, irrationality begins to seep in when one hears only one side of the story. When people begin to identify with one group, this is often an unfortunate side-effect, not exclusive to feminists. The reality is that while feminists claim to support equality between both sexes--and some of them are very on-par, by the way--the primary angle yet seems to be an assumption that females are victimized by a patriarchal culture and that
to achieve equality is by nearly sole advancement of females, whatever that may entail. Some of the more egalitarian, or moderate, feminists will point out some of the challenges of males, but even they are unlikely to dedicate time to pursuing the dissemination of such information, let alone the correction of the dynamic. Also, one thing I do reject, even from moderates is the idea that "males need feminism." No. Feminism is optional. There is nothing wrong with masculinity necessarily.
I don't believe classifying you as one or the other would be remotely helpful in discussion. I will say that I am supremely concerned with equality between the sexes, and that is what precipitated my leave from feminist self-identification. In fact, if we are to end the gender wars, I'm afraid the only way to do it is to put down our weapons and stop blaming one over the other.
