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30.       Daydreamer
3743 posts
 12 Nov 2010 Fri 03:11 pm

Busyb - I hope you don´t mind me asking, but why are you saying you´re not being a feminist as if it was something bad? I´ve often wondered why women are so afraid of this word. According to the Oxford Dictionary, feminism is:

 

the advocacy of women´s rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes

 

So, the way I see it, if you believe that men and women should have equal rights, you are a feminist. It Does not require you to be a member of the movement portrayed as a bunch of bald-shaven lesbians hating or wanting to castrate men. I love men and at the same time I think they´re no better or worse than women as a general rule. Hence I call myself a feminist.



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31.       busyb
117 posts
 12 Nov 2010 Fri 06:28 pm

 

Quoting Daydreamer

Busyb - I hope you don´t mind me asking, but why are you saying you´re not being a feminist as if it was something bad? I´ve often wondered why women are so afraid of this word. According to the Oxford Dictionary, feminism is:

 

the advocacy of women´s rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes

 

So, the way I see it, if you believe that men and women should have equal rights, you are a feminist. It Does not require you to be a member of the movement portrayed as a bunch of bald-shaven lesbians hating or wanting to castrate men. I love men and at the same time I think they´re no better or worse than women as a general rule. Hence I call myself a feminist.

 

Yes I´m aware of what it means, but there are others that don´t and for that reason or just "because" they argue about being mad feminists or that i´m saying it´s men´s fault which is an avenue I really can´t be bothered to go down. Especially when it get´s nowhere

32.       barba_mama
1629 posts
 12 Nov 2010 Fri 08:05 pm

I´m a feminist And there are enough people who have used it as a dirty word towards me, or have assumed things about my personal hygiene or appearance because I say I´m a feminist. But hey, ignorance is the hardest thing to battle It would be nice if people would pick up a dictionary once in a while, instead of linking men and women´s rights to armpit-shaving

33.       Daydreamer
3743 posts
 13 Nov 2010 Sat 12:58 am

Exactly, it´s the stereotyping that I don´t get. I imagine the lesbian-man hating feminist stereotype was created by people afraid to admit that men and women deserve the same opportunities and responsibilities.

Some people assume feminists are all about sending women to work, whether they like it or not, shouting at men for opening the door for them or not cooking because of principles. This is as ridiculous as the idea that women have to cook, be allowed first in the door or stay at home and raise children. Any imposed role is wrong, what both women and men do with their lives should be a matter of choice and compromise between two people and circumstances, not anyone else

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34.       barba_mama
1629 posts
 14 Nov 2010 Sun 12:59 am

As a feminist I also try to get more people behind the idea of men having the choice to stay at home with the kids more. You notice that some men, who have the traditional pattern in their relationships, feel like the kids are growing up without them even noticing it. They feel like they are missing out on so much. Why shouldn´t these men also have the choice to stay (part-time) at home? I´m all for patternity leave at well

35.       zeytinne
596 posts
 14 Nov 2010 Sun 06:41 pm

 

Quoting girleegirl

A 10 year old Romanian girl gave birth in Spain....her mother says it´s perfectly normal!  {#emotions_dlg.rant}

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11684854

 

 Where its written in the article "Romanian girl" ??? Or am İ blind ??? Look here the quote:

"A 10-year-old girl from Romania has....."

Those gipsies are only Romanian citizans not Romanians! Make the difference yourself!

36.       Daydreamer
3743 posts
 14 Nov 2010 Sun 06:48 pm

 

Quoting zeytinne

 

 

 Where its written in the article "Romanian girl" ??? Or am İ blind ??? Look here the quote:

"A 10-year-old girl from Romania has....."

Those gipsies are only Romanian citizans not Romanians! Make the difference yourself!

 

Technically, if they are Romanian citizens, the nationality adjective is Romanian. Additionally, the said girl is a Gypsy and some of them insist on being called a politically correct term "Roma/Romani"

37.       zeytinne
596 posts
 14 Nov 2010 Sun 06:53 pm

 

Quoting Daydreamer

 

 

Technically, if they are Romanian citizens, the nationality adjective is Romanian. Additionally, the said girl is a Gypsy and some of them insist on being called a politically correct term "Roma/Romani"

 

 Just do not confuse Romanians with Romani!

38.       Daydreamer
3743 posts
 14 Nov 2010 Sun 07:26 pm

 

Quoting zeytinne

 

 

 Just do not confuse Romanians with Romani!

 

Never! that´s a huge difference. But in the article the girl was both a Romanian immigrant and a Romani, ie a gypsy from Romania living in Spain

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39.       lemon
1374 posts
 15 Nov 2010 Mon 05:46 am

Strange, gypsies in Poland react the same way. They blame everything on Romanians.

40.       barba_mama
1629 posts
 15 Nov 2010 Mon 02:24 pm

It´s human nature to blame everything on a group that you can identify as "different as yourself". I blame every bad thing in my life on people without attached earlobes.

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