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History of Feminism

malthaussen

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3. Depends on whom you ask.

Reply to Gravitycollapse (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 8, 2014, 01:27 PM

Mar 2014

As a word, "feminist" is not as inclusive as "humanist." Although the argument is made that "feminism" does include concern for all of humanity. Which rather evades the question of why it is not, then, called "humanism."

Functionally, if we do a Venn diagram of humanism, then all humanists are feminists, but the reverse does not have to be the case.

-- Mal

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Whoa-----from "Seventeen" magazine "Are You A Feminist? [View all] ismnotwasm Mar 2014 OP

Friend of mine... 45 year old guy... made an interesting point malthaussen Mar 2014 #1

In what way is feminism not inclusive? Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #2

Depends on whom you ask. malthaussen Mar 2014 #3

Feminism arose out of an unequal paradigm that still exists. ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #5

That's basically a slight against feminism to say it doesn't need to exist because of humanism. Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #7

Which would tend to indicate that feminism is not inclusive. malthaussen Mar 2014 #8

I don't understand your need to have every movement cater to everyone else. That's ridiculous. Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #9

But I have to reiterate, I make no such argument. malthaussen Mar 2014 #10

Many Black Feminists use the word ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #4

I was considered to not be a feminist back in truedelphi Mar 2014 #11

This is another example of how our words have been turned against us. calimary Mar 2014 #6

So many positive concepts have been tarred by media GeoWilliam750 Mar 2014 #12

+100,000,000 ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #13