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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ITA - it's such an ugly word, and demeans so many people and concepts at once. Would you believe my FIL used to call me that as a term of endearment? I am Jewish and I work for a reproductive rights organization - he thought he was being cute! Ha. It's taken a few years but he's finally stopped. [/quote]

One of the key dynamics of American right-wing politics is to take concepts and language that make even the possibility of dissent possible, and de-legitimize them.  They're incredibly good at this.  Whether it's "feminism" or "socialism", "liberalism" or "the military-industrial complex", it's all about denying their victims the ability to conceive of a critique, much less mount an opposition.

Orwell touched on this in his writings.[/quote]
Thanks PP. This is the most thoughtful critique I've seen on this thread.  It's amazing how successful this delegitimization has been. [b]I was sad but not shocked [/b]to see how quickly some women lined up on here to proclaim "Eww, I'm not a feminist!"[/quote]

I was horrified and quite frankly shocked.  Jaw dropping shocked.  I guess these women on this board are perfectly OK with what's going on in Egypt right now and can't for the life of them figure out what the protests by those --- ewwwwww, feminists ----- are all about.
I chalk it up to ignorance.  But if you're that ignorant, just leave the posting alone for a little bit.  Read, learn maybe.  But don't post like you know anything about feminism or what it means to be a feminist.[/quote]

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