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“I’m a woman, so I am a feminist.” / “All women are feminists by default.”
Are this statements true or false? Do they make any sense whatsoever in my mind? In anyone else’s mind? I dunno.
“I’m a woman, so I am a feminist.” / “All women are feminists by default.”
Are this statements true or false? Do they make any sense whatsoever in my mind? In anyone else’s mind? I dunno.
January 9, 2012 @ 2:42 pm
I don’t think all women are naturally feminists.
January 10, 2012 @ 1:27 am
Ditto: there are women who are anti-feminist (Phyllis Schlafley comes to mind). There are women who while not being anti-feminist don’t see any point to it. And any claim about ALL X being Y is doomed to fail through false universalization.
January 10, 2012 @ 1:28 am
Actually the ones who bug me most are the “I’m not a feminist, BUT….”