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ORIGINAL: CuriousLord

This survey seems to be playing on words.  "Feminist" is typically referring to man-haters and female supremacists. 

  

/ˈfɛməˌnɪzəm/

[fem-uh-niz-uhm]

sometimes initial capital letter

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ORIGINAL: philosophy
Those definitions are entirely your bias and say a lot more about you than anything else.....

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ORIGINAL:  "Contemporary Feminism", Feminism, Wikipedia.
Contemporary feminism is made up of a number of different philosophical strands. These movements sometimes disagree about current issues and how to confront them. One side of the spectrum includes a number of radical feminists, such as Mary Daly, who argue that society would benefit if there were dramatically fewer men.[32] On the other hand, figures such as Christina Hoff Sommers and Camille Paglia identify themselves as feminist but accuse the movement of anti-male prejudice. [33] [34] Some feminists, like Katha Pollitt (see her book Reasonable Creatures) or Nadine Strossen, consider feminism to hold simply that "women are people." Views that separate the sexes rather than unite them are considered by these writers to be sexist rather than feminist.[35][36]

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stereotypes that peg feminists as man-haters, a new study shows that having a feminist partner is linked with healthier, more romantic heterosexual relationships.

The study, published online this week in the journal Sex Roles, relied on surveys of both college students and older adults, finding that women with egalitarian attitudes do find mates and men do find them attractive. In fact, results reveal they are having a good

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ORIGINAL: Level

Feminism boosts sexual satisfaction for both men and women, a new study suggests.

Busting stereotypes that peg feminists as man-haters, a new study shows that having a feminist partner is linked with healthier, more romantic heterosexual relationships.

The study, published online this week in the journal Sex Roles, relied on surveys of both college students and older adults, finding that women with egalitarian attitudes do find mates and men do find them attractive. In fact, results reveal they are having a good time, maybe a better time than the non-feminists.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21364055

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ORIGINAL: CuriousLord

You see, "feminism", as it looks like, is a belief in females; more specifically, looking for women's rights.  This phrase may be appropriate in which women lack rights as increasing them would be in line with equality.  However, in a society of approximate equality, increasing a gender's rights is to be a supremacist for that gender; in feminism's case, female supremacy.

I see feminism and chauvinism as two forms of sexism, as the cited article supports.  As I mentioned in the previous post, "get it's the historical use for that word.. but time change, you know?"

Telling, right?

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ORIGINAL: thornhappy

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ORIGINAL: CuriousLord

You see, "feminism", as it looks like, is a belief in females; more specifically, looking for women's rights.  This phrase may be appropriate in which women lack rights as increasing them would be in line with equality.  However, in a society of approximate equality, increasing a gender's rights is to be a supremacist for that gender; in feminism's case, female supremacy.

I see feminism and chauvinism as two forms of sexism, as the cited article supports.  As I mentioned in the previous post, "get it's the historical use for that word.. but time change, you know?"

Telling, right?

In my lifetime, a wife couldn't have her own credit history. It was linked to her husband's.  They couldn't get birth control without the husband's approval.  They could be told that "oh, the man needed the job because he's married and you would just be providing a second income" (happened to my mom).  I've personally had to work with guys who didn't "believe in" women engineers.  A prof stood over a woman taking an engineering exam and said "Why aren't you at home taking care of your husband?" (happened at my alma mater, I heard it from a guy who was in the class.)

So, is it feminism to want an independent credit history?  To want a fair chance on the job?  To not take shit from a professor?  Or is that female supremacy?

Oops, now I'm sounding like an angry feminist. 

It could be that you hold a definition of feminism that is different from the accepted, common definition.

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ORIGINAL: CuriousLord

My friend, I do not mean to be rude, but.. you're old, at least, compared to me.  You grew up in a different world.  That's how it was when you were growing up.. that's not the truth anymore.

My definition isn't odd.  At least, not in my age group.  It's just the newer one that's more practical today, since, well, women not being able to vote or having their own credit history are things we only read about in History class.

Times have changed, thornhappy.