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Why 'feminism' not 'equalism'?

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TomMartow · 13/06/2014 08:01

Is essentially the question dh asked just as I was trying to leave for work &already 10mins late.
I did try to answer but I don't think I did a v good job & it's been annoying me since. What should I have said? He wasn't disagreeing with feminism, but making the point that all people should be equal regardless of any of the attributes that get discriminated against. But I don't agree - obviously I agree all people should be equal - but I think it's right to be a feminist anyway, because I can be one as well as standing for equality in other ways. There's something about the suggestion that bothers me & I'm not sure what it is.

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JennyPiccolo · 13/06/2014 08:17

'Equalism' suggests both are on an equal footing to begin with. I read somewhere that equality will be reached when women who are bad at their jobs are promoted past men.

I don't know if I'm articulating myself particularly well but essentially to treat men and women equally when men currently have the advantages granted to them by society, just means that everything stays the same.