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In reply to the discussion: Is it possible for a man to be a feminist? [View all]seabeyond
(110,159 posts)to support disabled, blacks or gays.
and as far as i can see, from the beginning he weakens the feminist movement of being a womans voice by saying it is not the same as blacks and gays and not about only women. why should our movement be different? and why should it be treated differently?
this makes absolutely no sense to me at all. it seems to be the very issue we are fighting.
blacks have their movement with their voice and our support.
gays have their movement with their voice and our support.
women do not really have a movement because the men have to be a part with our voices equal? can women not run their movement with men as support? or must men be a part of our voice directing and guiding and telling us whether our experiences are valid or not?
are women really so different from blacks and gays that we cannot have our own voice?
as i said above. call yourselves whatever you want. i do not need this battle. truly. just makes no sense to me. as a woman that is perfectly capable of identifying my experience and interpreting them without being told what i really feel....
whatever.
but, i dont get this contradiction.