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In reply to the discussion: Do you identify as a feminist? (for frequent posters in women's rights and issues) [View all]The empressof all
(29,098 posts)57. I have always been a feminist
Frankly, I'm always a little taken a back when women claim with pride that they aren't.
I remember the days when girls couldn't wear pants to school, where the only jobs open to us were teaching and nursing and when the best many of us could expect was to find "a good husband".
I don't subscribe to any particular philosophy, wave or dogma. I allow myself to be free of all those labels. I'm more of an a la carte kind of person who recognizes that there are no easy answers in life and when you do find one it's usually between the lines
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Do you identify as a feminist? (for frequent posters in women's rights and issues) [View all]
La Lioness Priyanka
Feb 2012
OP
I think I am a radical egalitarian. I am a man, and am not sure I can be a feminist.
WingDinger
Feb 2012
#11
I am a feminist. I identify more closely with Intersectionality theory than with the "waves". n/t
TriMera
Feb 2012
#32
All the people in my life are feminists. Men and women. And they always have been.
applegrove
Feb 2012
#47