to not understand the words "I'm not a feminist"?

[bushymcbush]

I've seen this countless times on MN and I really don't get it.

Actually I've heard it quite a few times in RL too.

So, to those of you who are so keen to communicate your non-feminist standing, could you please explain to me which part of 'total equality between the sexes' you disagree with?

Alternatively, you could (gently) explain to me which part of that generic description of feminism I seem to have misunderstood?

I love Twirls. I dip them in my tea

sometimes I try to such the tea up through them like a chocolate straw

I want chocolate now...................

Hahaha... Went for a shower and came back to find myself drilled into a hole in the ground sucking up tea through a twirl straw. Delicious! And quite cosy!

I'm not surprised that women who identify themselves as Muslim aren't feminists....that would be quite a trick.

And women that say "I'm not a feminist" do their gender a disservice.

"And women that say "I'm not a feminist" do their gender a disservice."

Why?

Because they refuse to align themselves with something that ensures their own equality.

I don't know a single Muslim woman who isn't a Feminist. Like I said, living a 35 minute drive from the Saudi border who wouldn't be?

Why does someone need to align themselves with feminism in order to ensure equality?

Erm because that's what feminism is and why would you want to dilute the aim of equality by not aligning yourself with feminism.

"Why does someone need to align themselves with feminism in order to ensure equality?

Ah! Now that is a significant question. What else is feminism?

Is it too simplistic to say that there appear to be feminists and Feminists with a capital F?

grovel that would make perfect sense. It would be very useful to be able to distinguish the two equally valid definitions of the word.