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Sorry, come again?
Do you think I'm saying that because feminists disagree internally it invalidates their cause?
I think women's equality is a great cause! I'm just explaining through inciteful, revealing, gossipy anecdote why the term feminism needs to be retired and why people refuse to identify as feminists.
The term itself makes a lot of people like me uncomfortable, even though I support equality for women 100%. I'm for equal rights, I'm not a feminist - and I'm not alone.
The reason I brought it up is that I saw that definition of feminism on Pandagon - that feminism is just equality of sexes. I don't think that is really what it means, at least in many circles. Look at how many times Amanda called herself a feminist in her article and claimed that she was targeted in part for her feminist views. Don't *most* women her age believe women are equal to men? (Feminist Majority answer - "yes!") Is being a feminist in the simple equality sense really against the norm and something to be singled out for?
