to think the 'F' word is one we should be proud of......

[PosieComeHereMyPreciousParker]

Thanks to MN, especially dittany, Lenin, BoF and Anyfucker, I have been made aware of my casual attitude to misogyny. This short journey in my reclaiming my old values recently lead me to the London Feminist Network Conference on Saturday. And Oh my God it is one of the most inspirational things I've ever done.

Having money and being relatively attractive in my younger days I was mislead into thinking that being a feminist was irrelevant, after all we had a female PM and then 'girl power' where we were fooled into thinking with the right body shape and a little wit the world was our oyster (farm).

My husband's and friends' response to my recent activities have ranged from being mystified to mockery, from resentment to full on stereotypical prejudice. I am alarmed that barely any of my friends think feminism is relevant.

Am I being unreasonable to reclaim the word feminist to mean a person that wants to rid the world of gender prejudiced?

happy to participate here

11 for you refusing to read posts,and ignore responses

This thread is starting to appear a bit bullying.
Why bother?
Someone doesn't agree with you on AIBU, it happens regularly.

'Black feminists often talk about their feelings of craziness before becoming con-scious of the concepts of sexual politics, patriarchal rule, and, most importantly, fem-inism, the political analysis and practice that we women use to struggle against our oppression. The fact that racial politics and indeed racism are pervasive factors in our lives did not allow us, and still does not allow most black women, to look more deeply into our own experiences and define those things that make our lives what they are and our oppression specific to us. In the process of consciousness-raising, actually life-sharing, we began to recognize the commonality of our experiences and, from that sharing and growing consciousness, to build a politics that will change our lives and inevitably end our oppression."'

This is about black feminist experience, and clearly there is an assertion that women as a whole are not homogenous, but equally there is an assertion that black women may be and have a commonality of experience and perception arising from that experience.
SM -- What do you think, about the idea that is clearly stated here, by a feminist, that the personal is political?

and 12.i have spent three days opining on homogeneity, reported crime statistics, impact of socio-economics and general points on thread.to assert there is no transparency is really obtuse

nothing stopping you revisiting my answers

and 13 for choosing not to read my opinions but jumping up and down i dont share opinion

and 14.didnt want your invaluable precision probe to be lost.it really is quite good

Any chance of you answering the dat/ that question SM?

15,i refer to my numerous and previous answers,dat should do the trick

dat?

This is quite funny now

aye its gone all weirdy - humour and numeracy. ding dong

I really don't think you meant parochial, TSH, unless that was a joke?

And going right back to the start of the thread:
Some women suffer. >>obviously
some men suffer >>also true
some black people suffer >>but black women suffer more than black men
some asian people suffer >>again asian women generally worse off than asian men
some disabled people suffer >>ditto
some gay people suffer ..ditto
poor people suffer more than rich people
people in poor countries suffer more than those in rich countries>>>poor women worse off than poor men etc etc.
and so on (and on and on and on!)