To be deeply puzzled by competitive anti- feminism.......

[seeker]

"I'm not a feminist"

"oh, I'm so much less of a feminist than you are"

"I'm so not a femynyst I don't even know how to spell it"

[SoupDragon]

I have never seen competitive anti feminism.

[Hullygully]

Why do people want this thread deleted?

Because it upsets them?

Why?

If you are indeed confident in your beliefs, why be scared of having them challenged?

[ShirtyKnot]

MaBaya!

[ShirtyKnot]

Unless you think that men are better than women and deserve to rule over women then you.are.a.feminist.

That's all Folks.

[atacareercrossroads]

You can stick feminism up your arse if it means I cant call myself a young girl.

I am fucking young, Im only 32

[Kayano]

If that's all why the need for so many threads eyeroll

[threeOrangesocksmorgan]

but you don't have to call yourself a feminist? do you?
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[TheCraicDealer]

Apparently we do, otherwise some people on the internet think we're dimwits

[Hullygully]

Is there a correlation between intelligence and self-labelling?

[Kayano]

And just alienate people
'Here is your title, take it you ignoramus'

[EdgarAllanPond]

"Is there a correlation between intelligence and self-labelling?"

possibly when it comes to accurate self-labelling , consider..

'I'm not a rascist, but..'

[ShirtyKnot]

No, 3socks, but it's a bit mad to say that you're NOT one if you are

[handbagCrab]

I'm 32 and I'm a woman. I'm a mother and a wife. I'm educated and experienced. I'm a qualified professional. I have money I earn and future prospects. I have proper, informed opinions about various topics. I am not a girl in any sense of the word.

I consider myself to be young but I don't need to use the word girl as the young already implies, well young, and doesn't need the girl to qualify it further.

[Kayano]

Wrong thread?

[seeker]

Cakeismysaviour, if you're talking about the thread I think you are talking about, I was never anything but calm and measured. And never offensive or personal. Which just goes to show that if what people want doesn't exist they will make up.

[atacareercrossroads]

I love it - Im a feminist, but if you are female and want to call yourself something that I dont like you are deluded/a dimwit/some other half arsed putdown.

Yea, count me in, thats something Id really like to be affiliated with

[missymoomoomee]

A lot of the feminists on here, it seems, are only for womens rights if the women agree with what they say. That isn't feminism thats bigotry imo.

I am certainly not applying that to everyone but I have seen certain threads on here where women have been insulted by feminists for having a differing opinion.

[Kayano]

I've already said I am a feminist but you must see (because you are oh so intelligent) that the constant pushing people in one direction and making people feel stupid, ignorant and irrelevant is doing our cause no favours at all

[Kayano]

I'll say your cause actually now

[seeker]

Or you could actually back up your accusations with evidence, cakeismysaviour.

[Purple2012]

I am not a feminist. I agree with equal rights for all, however there are differences between people and i dont see a problem with that. If there is something heavy needing lifting at home i will get my husband to do it, simply because he is stronger than me. However, there are women that i work with that are probably stronger than him. Its just that for us, as a couple he is the stronger person, i however do all the shopping and cooking. Not because its a 'womans job' but because i am better at it, i am better organized than him, i can shop cheaper than him, and shock, horror, i actually really enjoy cooking.

I dont have a problem with being called a girl. At work, if i am working with other females people quite often come through the office and say 'hi girls'. I dont find this offensive, disrespectful or unprofessional. Its just a saying.

And back to the reason this is going on and on. I dont think colleagues and family describing 2 women that were murdered as girls is a problem. Its their perogative to use whatever terms they feel fit, they knew them, they loved them.

I still find it astounding that there can be a thread with hundreds of posts about using the term 'young girls' when these 'young girls' were tragically and brutally murdered.

seeker - why cant you accept that you have one view and others have another view. If you were offended by it then thats fine, if people are offended about your 'anger' over such a thing at a time like this then thats fine too.

[squeakytoy]

Very well said missy, and that IS exactly how it goes.. every sodding time.

[Kayano]

Seeker - just like you made up competitive anti- feminism?