I use to believe/think that men could be feminists

[jollyreaper2112]

21. here's how I read it

"Can men be feminists?"

Put another way:

"Is it possible for men not to be assholes or does that come with the penis?"

It's needlessly divisive abscent a specific provocation.

Now if the question was more along the lines of "Was Isaac Asimov sexist?" there's a lot of material for discussion there. I'd had no idea of his notoriety in the scifi convention circuit but I don't even want to call him a dirty old man because that makes it sound sort of sweet and playful like Benny Hill. (There's a whole 'nother debate about whether sweet and playful is really creepy and horrifying and how you see Benny tells about the era you were raised in.) Asimov came across more like Aqualung oggling schoolgirls in the park, creepy and gross.

There's good room for discussion there, how someone who might see himself in a favorable light could have delusions. Or in Asimov's case, I think he was aware of his double-standards and didn't really care.

The point I'm getting at is don't lump people togehter. Should women be in charge of a women's movement? Sure. Should men be telling them what to think? No. If a man claims to be a supporter and his actions don't match his words, point it out. But don't say a man is incapable of being a supporter simply on account of gender.