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by Bee on November 3rd, 2008
Because feminists don't care about men. It really isn't egalitarian at all, even though they claim it is.
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I feel like I'm always wearing the same thing, I always cover my legs. I don't have sexy legs or remove the hair
by beli.dee on September 25th, 2011
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Have you ever known a feminist who was angry at most or all men?
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y do guys like boobs so much?
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To a point, I think you're right. Men are generally more concerned with getting what they want than playing nice and so the charitable interpretation is that feminists figure men can look out for themselves well enough. But also I think feminism is focused a particular aspect of equality. Equality could be broken into four types: no discrimination against men/women and no perks for men/women. As far as I can tell, feminism does try to make sure no discrimination happens against women - it just isn't at all concerned that women don't get perks for having a second X chromosome.
by Doug on November 4th, 2008