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Well, DUH, men and women are biologically different, and people all over the world vary in skin color, and some people like having sex with members of the same sex...does this mean that laws shouldn't protect their basic human rights?
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You always have to seriously ask what people mean when they say men and women are "different," I think. It's like when people talk about hetero differences. What about these differences mean that men should get paid more or women shouldn't be president? Either you discover the bias or the person's argument gets incoherent and they look at you with desperation as they try to protect privilege while knowing it's wrong.
07/27/09
First, I completely disagree about the equal rights thing. I absolutely believe all people, regardless of skin, gender, religion, etc should have equal rights. I think the main differences between men and women are only biological (i.e women have vajay-jays, ovaries, produce milk etc and men have testes, penis, adam's apples, etc.) And these biological differences shouldn't be a reason for men and women to have unalienable rights.
Secondly, I think that the word feminism has changed a lot throughout time and now people don't really know what it means. obviously, during the suffragist movement, it basically meant that women had equal voting rights as men, and then it changed during second wave feminism to deal with social discrimination of women. and now, it's a little more challenging to define. I think the definition is different for every person.
For me, Feminism means that women are allowed to pursue their goals and dreams without legal and social discrimination. And it doesn't matter what a woman's goals are - whether it be to become a doctor, CEO, housewife, or anything else. I think this definition is a little idealistic because there is still so much discrimination, but we are making progress!
So, basically, Elle's definition of feminism is different from mine.
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Though Tatiana wouldn't be so retarded. So you have no excuse, The Body.
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Barf.
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I've never liked her since she was on Friends. She was AWFUL.
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You dont know how important it is to have the right to vote, until you dont.
You dont know how important it is to be able to appear, showing hair, skin, legs, feet, hands, fingers, wrists, in public, like your male counter parts, until you CANT.
You dont know what it means to be a woman, and be able to speak your mind, (as your males counter parts do), until you cant.
You dont understand the significance of the freedom it takes to say: "I dont believe in such...", until you are imprisoned, tortured, raped and murdered for simple dissent.
You do not understand feminism, and what its done for you, until you need it to come back, and save your ass.
Fin.
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**Slow Clap**
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thanks thats what I always tell my friends whenever they start saying how feminism ruined their lives because men arent being "chivolrous" anymore.
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Oooh, you see what she did there ladies?
Usually when you hear the phrase "stereotypical perception" with regards to feminism, what follows is words like "lesbian," "butch," "Man hating," etc etc. You know, assumptions that pigeonhole and trivialize the movement. Instead, she said it's a stereotype that we all believe in equal rights. So what does that make us then? A bunch of butch, man hating lesbians?
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