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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Men - What do you think when a woman says she is a feminist?

What do you think if a woman says she isn't a feminist?

How much does it matter what political stance she has?
Liberal who isn't a feminist or conservative who isn't a feminist or liberal who is a feminist or conservative who is a feminist?

What are your immediate reactions?[/quote]

Male here. I actually was immersed in women's studies in my undergraduate years. So, if I found a woman who announced herself as a feminist, I'd genuinely be curious what she meant by this. In my experience, most people who use the term (men and women) don't really understand what it means or what the women's movement was/is about. They don't know much about liberation theology. Most have probably never read bell hooks or Gloria Steinem or Virginia Woolf (or Naomi Wolf, for that matter). If they can carry on a conversation about the writings of Simone de Beavoir or Alice Walker, I'd be impressed. We could have an intellectual discussion. And it would be attractive.

If they think "feminism" is about just about "choice" (and I don't mean in the abortion sense, although that's a big part of it), I'd conclude they don't really understand the meaning of the concept. Feminism wasn't about "choosing" to stay home as a new mother, for example. It was about economic equality and empowerment.

Similarly, if they consider "feminism" a dirty word but their reasoning seems reactionary or they don't know WHY beyond it just threatens some provincial and conservative paradigm, I'd be turned off.

I realize I'm an exception, however. Most men probably don't see things this way. [/quote]

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