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What does feminism mean to you?

Discussion in 'Women's Forum' started by longhairedmama, Jun 11, 2009.

  1. longhairedmama

    longhairedmama Member

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    Hey y'all! I'm hoping some of you can help me out with a summer school assignment. I'm supposed to interview people around town who are different from me, but I just moved here a week ago and haven't found a job so I don't exactly know anyone.

    Anyway, I just need a few people to answer the following questions for a paper due Sunday. You can just give me a few lines each, doesn't have to be very long.

    1) Define feminism in your own words.
    2) Do you consider yourself a feminist? Why or why not?

    I'm not supposed to "influence" your answers in any way, so I'll wait to answer these questions for you guys.

    I'd reeaaalllu appreciate any help I can get since like I said, I don't know anyone else here to ask.

    Thanks!
     
    longhairedmama, Jun 11, 2009
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  3. DazedGypsy

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    Feminism is the movement that believes in equality for both sexes. I'm a feminist because I believe that men and women should have the same available choices and opportunities in life. By being a feminist I am strongly against socially constructed concepts like gender roles.
     
    DazedGypsy, Jun 11, 2009
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  5. longhairedmama

    longhairedmama Member

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    thanks!
     
    longhairedmama, Jun 11, 2009
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  7. lunarverse

    lunarverse The Living End

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    nothing
     
    lunarverse, Jun 11, 2009
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  9. drumminmama

    drumminmama Super Moderator Super Moderator

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    I use womanist, a word I got from Alice Walker's writings, as it is inclusive of women of color, poor women and lesbians/bisexual women who were pushed aside in the Movement when I was young.
    Womanism/feminism is the idea that females have the same rights, legal and intrinsic, to males.
    It is also the vehicle by which those rights are secured. (the political angle)
    I am a womanist because I'm a woman.
     
    drumminmama, Jun 13, 2009
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  11. Deleted member 157313

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    Drumminmama, I have been a feminist for more than 30 years,from the bra burning Germaine Greer reading days and I have never heard that FABULOUS word womanist used. Thank you for that!
     
    Deleted member 157313, Jun 30, 2009
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