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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I am a woman [/b]and feminazi is the same to me as soup nazi or grammar nazi. The only women who get called feminazi or those who try and impose their views on others.

I don't think feminazi is used when trying to put a woman in her place at all or argue against injustice. It is when they go overboard.

Then again [b]I don't consider myself a feminist[/b] myself as I don't see myself as a victim /martyr. I don't see the world through oppression glasses and I don't dislike or try and minimize or vilify men.  [/quote]

Do you really not believe that women do not deserve the same respect and opportunities afforded to men?  [/quote]

Absolutely I do - that does not make me a feminist. I believe in human rights - that every person deserves to be treated with respect and to be given opportunists regardless of gender. I do appreciate the efforts that the early feminists made to equalize our rights. Feminism today bears little resemblance to the early fight for equality. Read these boards - there is a huge double standard. Pretty much every relationships thread started by a man ends up in well it is your fault because you don't do enough for the woman, children and house. Every relationship thread started by a woman turns into the blame for all the relationship woes placed on the man and the woman is such a hero for putting up with a man. This similar thread is seen over and over here. I believe that women are far from perfect, can be equally as manipulative and controlling as men, and are every bit as responsible for their own actions as a man. I do not equalize women by belittling or putting down men or by portraying them as bumbling fools. [b]I believe everyone - including men - deserves to be treated with respect and that disqualifies me from ever calling myself a feminist.[/b][/quote]
That's EXACTLY what feminists believe. That's pretty much the definition of feminism. Do you really not know that?[/quote]

No it isn't. Every woman I have ever met who calls herself a feminist has a chip on her shoulder about men and feels as though she has been or is being oppressed. Look at how fathers are treated in family court, is there any push in the feminist movement for father's rights? No of course not.  I am not a feminist and I'm okay with that. [/quote]

If you are not a feminist, then you believe that women do NOT deserve to be treated with respect, and that men are MORE deserving of respect than women.

Unless you run in an extremely conservative circle, my guess is that a lot of women you know define themselves as feminist.  I rarely say I'm a feminist, but I certainly am.  It just doesn't come up in conversation very much.  I am clear that I expect to receive the same opportunities as men.

It's easy to say you don't like feminists when you just contort the definition of a feminist.  [/quote]

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