Feminists

libinnyandia

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1. It has always seemed to me that men and women should be free to follow their dreams.

Fri Feb 24, 2012, 10:12 PM

Feb 2012

And I found out early on that there were many ignorant people who were set in their ways. I remember attending my niece's graduation more than 30 years ago and the speaker was talking of the boys going on to become doctors, lawyers, soldiers and the girls becoming teachers, nurses and mothers. I wanted to stand up and tell him women could be doctors, lawyers, soldiers and men could be teachers and nurses. The graduates would decide what they wanted to be.

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"I'm not a feminist but..." [View all] yardwork Feb 2012 OP

It has always seemed to me that men and women should be free to follow their dreams. libinnyandia Feb 2012 #1

Whenever I hear "I'm a lifelong Democrat, but ..." or "I was a lifelong liberal, but ..." zbdent Feb 2012 #2

+1 Rex Feb 2012 #13

K&R Tobin S. Feb 2012 #3

Younger women refer to feminism as The F Word. DURHAM D Feb 2012 #4

I am a feminist. Vanje Feb 2012 #5

I agree with reclaiming words. Ruby the Liberal Feb 2012 #6

I saw that challenge as well, and it had me confused for a moment REP Feb 2012 #9

I do rosesaylavee Feb 2012 #7

I have a lot of responses. Some are subtle, some are quite rude. saras Feb 2012 #8

whenever anyone says, "I am not a feminist" Skittles Feb 2012 #10

it's sad that the word feminist has been so loaded Whisp Feb 2012 #11

I always say ismnotwasm Feb 2012 #12

I'm a feminist by that definition. pacalo Feb 2012 #14

I think that's the exact point of my OP, if I'm understanding your post correctly. yardwork Feb 2012 #16

I should have mentioned that I liked what your OP had to say. pacalo Feb 2012 #18

Oh thanks! yardwork Feb 2012 #19

The young women I know that use "I'm not a feminist, but..." JoeyT Feb 2012 #15

I recognize and affirm your point of view on that. That can happen. I agree. yardwork Feb 2012 #17