To dislike "Radical Feminism"

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I've got nothing against feminists that fight for womens rights and genuinely want the best the best for everyone and don't hate anyone, but "RadFems" tend to be full of bitterness and hatred. And I'm not just talking about kids, these are high profile, intelligent women with power and influence. Do you think it's unreasonable to dislike something where most people think men are inherantly evil and to be feared? Or do you think their hatred is fair and we should respect them for their good work in trying to make humans hate eath other even more?

Like, I said, I have nothing against Feminism, it's done a lot of great work down the years and still does, but "Rad Fem" and "Feminism" are too completly different things in my opinion. Is this a wrong conclusion?

AIBU?

I'm on the edge of my seat waiting to hear who these women of power and influence are. Slightly confused as to why they don't use their power and influence to make humans hate eath other even more , or just eliminate violence against women and girls or something like that.

I've only ever seen the term 'radical feminist' used as a slur to silence women.

YABU, imo. The older I get, the more I identify with the radfem POV.

Why aren't you replying to the questions raised?

'Radical' wasn't always a dirty word. We need to reclaim it from statist discourse which demonises it.

Actually I think I'd rather like to be a radfem. Where do I sign up?

Yes i do thank you calindana. The rest of society may not. If you want to roll things out across everywhere then the radical should be dropped. It does sound daunting and aggressive. It sounds like a "special" club and smacks of buying into the "mason" game under a different name.

Ghostly - my point exactly.

You are setting yourselves up to be aggressive elites. But maybe you like that?

Yup. Aggressive elites the world over are full of radical feminists and uppity women.

Right, because "Or do you think their hatred is fair and we should respect them for their good work in trying to make humans hate eath other even more?" isn't aggressive.

Autumn, how do you feel about liberal feminism? Is that also an elite / special club, or is that ok because 'liberal' sounds more fluffy & friendly? What about socialist feminism?

Being called an "aggressive elite" from someone who posts purely to slag everyone else off. Mmm irony.

Are there kittens with liberal feminism? I'd like a fluffy kitten. I bet RadFems would make me give back the kitten. Bastards Bitches.

I am not sure about this one, let me just ask my husband

I dont "slag" anyone off as you so angrily put it Little. I post in an honest manner thank you. This is a public forum. I'm a plain speaker in life and do the same here.

You say "radical" anything and you automatically get most peoples backs up. Let's not pretend otherwise.

waits to be called stupid and uneducated.

oh buffy, you know exactly what im saying.

it puts a lot of women off. Is that your aim too?