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UN Woman definition of feminism.

39 replies

BertrandRussell · 07/01/2019 19:05

“Feminist = a person who believes in & stands up for the political, economic, and social equality of human beings.”

Women-the only disadvantaged group not allowed to centre themselves in their fight for liberation.

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PositivelyPERF · 07/01/2019 21:37

It’s just another way of allowing those that identify as women to gain even more power over women. It means that mean can openly take roles meant for women in the UN.

theOtherPamAyres · 07/01/2019 21:14

The UN, what a shower of ill-informed apologists.

Last year, the UN declared that Julian Assange was being arbritrarily detained by the UK and called on the UK to release him. Yeah right.

That's the level of their contribution to any discourse.

What is galling about their tweet is the gif. It flashes up 'women', then 'men' then 'boys' and last of all on their list we find Angry 'girls'. It's like girls are an afterthought and the back of the queue when it comes to feminism.

HumberElla · 07/01/2019 20:19

Vegetarian - person who believes in and stands up for eating all foods equally.

Nope. Doesn’t work does it.

arranbubonicplague · 07/01/2019 19:53

I know this is the excellent Jane Clare Jones (aka @LadyPrincesexual ) rather than Kathleen Stock but JCJ has a thread about yet another organisation failing to centre women - taken the bow of shame UN Women:

UN_Women wrote: Feminist - a woman who fights for the political, economic and social liberation of women.*

JCJ wrote: When 'UN Women' will not even name themselves as advocates for women things are fucked.

twitter.com/janeclarejones/status/1081975872465317889

It's an interesting thread with comments...

NothingOnTellyAgain · 07/01/2019 19:50

The UN women website has woman written all over it so this is a bit confusing!

Where did you see it?

IStillMissBlockbuster · 07/01/2019 19:49

What the fuck is WITH this trend to arrogantly re-write the dictionary??? The UN thinks they know better than the OED or Cambridge dictionary or, basically all of them?

IStillMissBlockbuster · 07/01/2019 19:47

Fucks' sake

NothingOnTellyAgain · 07/01/2019 19:47

The fuck?

That's entirely bonkers.

I mean geuinely that is so silly I don't even know where to put it :D

HumberElla · 07/01/2019 19:45

No UN, that’s just plain wrong.

LangCleg · 07/01/2019 19:19

FUCK OFF UN. THEN FUCK OFF AGAIN.

Qcng · 07/01/2019 19:16

Good grief!
Do you have a link?
Equality of human beings is just Marxism or basic equality. It's not feminism
Which is = liberation of women from patriarchy

Fuck sake.

Is there a link?

I'd start a petition, myself if I had more info.

FWRLurker · 07/01/2019 19:10

Isn't that the word-for-word definition of a humanist / egalitarian?

Easily sets up the argument that we don't need feminism anymore since it's "the same as humanism anyway" AKA the lefty-dudebros' argument for the last decade.

ArfArfBarf · 07/01/2019 19:09

WTF

AdultHumanFemale · 07/01/2019 19:08

Jesus wept.