Might help also to describe what you think feminism is, since it’s one of those terms that is overloaded.

I once had a physical therapist tell me she wasn’t a feminist because she thought women couldn’t be as physically capable as men when serving as soldiers, and seemed to believe feminism requires treating women exactly like men.

I told her I was a feminist because I believe in equal rights for men and women, an idea she did not seem so opposed to.

  • dom@lemmy.ca
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    24 hours ago

    There are some who use the “feminism” banner to promoted sexism towards men. I’ve seen posts that talk about wishing for a world where no men exist etc and it gets praised under the guise of feminism.

    Imo that isn’t feminism, that’s just misandry. If you swapped our the word “men” with “women” in those posts, they would rightly be called sexist.

    I am definitely a feminist in that i believe in equality and believe that women have had a number of challenges presented to them that men typically dont experience.

    I also, however, believe there are challenges that men experience that typically women dont.