jay_a2j wrote:btownmeggy wrote:
The more important part of my response is a question: What exactly is a "feminist" in your opinion, and why is it a bad thing?
Good question. I am for equal rights for women don't get me wrong. Same pay as men, the right to vote, yada yada yada. However, my definition of a feminist is a woman who boarder lines or just hates men. One who "doesn't need men". I don't think women should be in combat... my opinion, but look at history. Only in modern times has women in combat been an issue. This is where equal rights crosses the line. The whole abortion issue of "Its my body I can do what I want with it". Is insanely selfish and just not the case. In order for a woman to get pregnant a man must be involved...the father. Why does he have no rights to his own offspring? Also, its not her "body" that is being killed...it is the life of a child within her.
What makes you think that Hillary Clinton hates men?
I would recommend to you in the future that when you mean to refer to a person whom you perceive to hate men, you use the term "man-hater". Using "feminist" as an insult sure DOES make it sound like you thing women are inferior or deserve different legal and social rights than men. The definition of feminism is "the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men" according to dictionary.com.
I am a feminist and while maybe I don't "need men", I prefer to have them around, and I generally like them and even love a few.
Not only women are feminists. Anyone who recognizes the long-standing inequality or mistreatment of women in any number of social situations, thinks it's wrong, and makes some effort to change it is a feminist.
In fact, the right to equal pay is one of the biggest issues affecting the attainment of gender equality in developed countries. By saying that you think women should have equal pay, you are promoting feminism.
Maybe YOU are a feminist, jay. (See, that's not an insult, but a compliment.)