and if not, why not?
e.g. there are often threads about women choosing to wax/strip/sell sex/wear makeup/other i am not equating or conflating these btw and where objections are raised, or where it is suggested that the choice is harmful to women as a group, many posters say that it is the woman's choice, and that feminism is about women being allowed to choose for themselves, and that no one should tell them what to choose
how does this sit with other people? are all choices exercised by women de facto feminist? I chose to wear a hat when i went running this am, usually i don't - was this striking a blow for feminism? What makes my choice of headgear notfeminist, but choosing to trim/remove my pubic hair is a feminist issue?
personally i think the whole choosy choosy is a smokescreen, jumped up capitalism dressed up as liberation, and not a whole lot to do with feminism at all. I also think you can't divorce these choices from the culture and context they exist in. i also think that a woman might choose to do something which while harmless to her personally or even liberating contributes in some way to the oppression of other women.
i don't know to what extent we should feel beholden to consider the effects of our choices on others, or to care
what do others think?
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but it's my choice! is anything a woman chooses to do a feminist act by default?
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