A good, useful read.
Well, as it turns out, many people are a little confused about what
the word Feminist actually means. Last year I sat in a Sex & Gender
class when the professor asked a mostly female audience to raise their
hand if they believed they were a feminist. Of course, my hand shot
straight up… but it was alone.
Then the professor asked, “Okay, who here thinks women should be given equal pay for equal work.” Every hand went up.
Then he asked, “Okay, who here thinks that women should be allowed to own property.” Of course, every hand went up again.
Then he asked someone in the class to define feminism, and one person sheepishly responded, “Umm… man hater?”
Umm, No.
Now picture me, frantically waving my hand like an excited kindergartner. The professor calls on me and I say, “Professor, feminism is the radical notion that women are human beings.” (*Cheris Kramerae)
“So class,” he says, “do we believe that women are human beings?
Yes… I thought so. Well then, why didn’t you raise your hand when I
asked if you were a feminist?”
People looked around, not quite knowing how to answer that one.
Read the rest at:
http://thefeministbreeder.com/i-hate-to-break-it-to-you-but-youre-probably-a-feminist/
