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I'm a feminist but...

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notenoughsocks · 15/03/2011 21:00

I'm a feminist but I like crochet and baking....

I would like to know what you do/like that doesn't, as far as you know, tie in easily with most people's ideas about feminism and feminists. I started thinking about the idea when I kept reading posts that said something along the lines of 'I can't be a feminist because I'm a SAHM but [something very feminst]...'.

As this is my first ever thread (aside from the 'help - is this rash normal? sort) please go easy. Perhaps more towards the light hearted end of the spectrum. Just interested really in stereotypes of feminsts and feminism and ways to combat them.

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FlamingoBingo · 15/03/2011 21:17

Also like sewing, knitting, baking, being a SAHM and I don't like cars or football or other things that are 'boy' things. I am soooooooooooooooooooooo socialised into being a 'girl'.

And I shave my legs and armpits...and put on make up when I'm going out...and am trying to lose weight because I worry about what I look like.

All in all, I'm a pretty shit feminist really! Carmina would be horrified! Grin

ChristinedePizan · 15/03/2011 21:17

I'm a feminist and yesterday morning I baked 36 jam tarts. But I fixed a set of stabiliser wheels on a bicycle while they were cooking. :o

I wear make up and heels sometimes. But my feminist principles remain intact (I believe)

FlamingoBingo · 15/03/2011 21:15

I'm a feminist but I find men in films sexy when they are all powerful and 'manly' Hmm. It annoys me that I do!

StewieGriffinsMom · 15/03/2011 21:15

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TheCrackFox · 15/03/2011 21:14

I make cupcakes and I have the audacity to give them away - I don't even run a little cupcake business.

StealthPolarBear · 15/03/2011 21:14

I think that's the OP's point - what things do you do that don't fit the stereotype

StewieGriffinsMom · 15/03/2011 21:13

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BlingLoving · 15/03/2011 21:13

Well, I don't see why you can't be s feminist and like baking. I am definitely a feminist but like cooking and wearing make up. I am also the main breadwinner.

Albrecht · 15/03/2011 21:13

Too many 'I thinks' there!

Albrecht · 15/03/2011 21:11

I think you will get a lot of posts saying of course you can be a feminist and like crochet / baking / whatever.

I think a lot of women hold views that were once espoused by feminists and are now just seen as so obviously sensible - right to vote, equal pay etc. But because the 'average' woman does bother to go around burning her bra (a myth I know!) or other stereotypes she thinks "I'm not a feminist but..."

I think a lot of stereotypes are created by comedians / the media. I'm thinking of black people being portrayed as lazy, that sort of thing. Recently the follow up to Little Britain has the hen pecked husband who can't get a word in over his domaneering wife - a lot of people might think that is what feminists are like.

StewieGriffinsMom · 15/03/2011 21:08

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