Is it possible for a man to be a feminist?

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78. Actually, I'm the one who brought up this issue, in a question to Will Pitt yesterday.

And since I brought it up, I can tell you very plainly that this was not a case of my "trying to override the voice of women holding to their position as a man". No, I was trying to find out what the commonly-accepted definition of feminism was, and find out if that's changing. So I did 5 minutes of reading before I posted. And in my reading, I found that the dictionary definitions of feminism seem to be inclusive of anyone who supports women's rights, and this includes men. I also found that there are some (women) feminists who would rather see the word defined to include only women. Men who support women are not feminists, but supporters of women's rights, or aides to women, or some other term besides feminist.

Will Pitt advised that the definition of feminism was just his opinion, then he said it was a fact, then he went back to stating it was an opinion. So I didn't get much help there, and as I saw you posting in that little part of the thread, I asked you what your working definition of feminism was. You told me you didn't have much time, but that your thinking on the matter was evolving. And you let me know it was a good question. That's why I was surprised to see you posting here that "they" (men, to include me, since I brought up the subject) are trying to override the voices of women. Slow down and read this next part very carefully: no matter whether it's called feminism or something else, I'm going to continue to support more equality for women, in the workplace, in society as a whole. I'm going to do this because it's what I need to do to live with myself. I'm going to continue to do this because it's what's right for me to do. I'm going to continue to do this because I do realize that I'm more privileged than most people on the planet, and I'm a liberal, and I want some equalization to happen, on lots of different fronts. You're going to think whatever you're going to think, and I'm going to keep on doing what I'm doing irrespective of anything you say, ever. All that having been said, I don't appreciate your attempted smear.