Reply To: The 'good-boy' zone!

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I think the term ‘feminist’ has strayed from its original meaning, and has come to define a woman who is radical about women’s rights, rather than any individual who advocates for equal rights, as most of us do. I could be wrong.

Errm… some people associate feminist in the negative all the time. Being a feminist is quite nuanced, even for women (such as my wife). If you want to be specific about negative actions, then the better term is “radical feminist”, or stating which wave of feminism you best align with. Likewise there are TERFs and SWERFs which also factor into how people express their opinion on being a feminist.

So just as you get the classic line of “Not all men…” so to is there “Not all feminists”.

Really the problem is polarisation of the discussion and the loss of the ability to talk and sit along that spectrum.