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In reply to the discussion: Is it possible for a man to be a feminist? [View all]yardwork
(61,608 posts)Just because a person claims to be a feminist does not make it so. The proof is in the pudding. One has to walk the walk and talk the talk.
I was responding to your earlier point that men can't represent the point of view of women. I agree with that. It's just that I think that those are two separate ideas. People can be feminists without being women, but they can't represent the point of view of women unless they are women.
Phylis Schlafly, for instance, is definitely not a feminist. But she does represent the point of view of a woman. Will Pitt is a feminist (in my opinion) but he can't represent the point of view of a woman because he's not a woman.
Transgender women who identify as women are women and represent the point of view of women.