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What's a short, snappy way of explaining why feminism is important? (lazysoci.al)
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No word count, so your idea of short is fine

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[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

yeah, ironically femmephobia seems common among self-described feminist women, as though the way to be a good feminist is to shed femininity as chains. (Unfortunately I was one of those femmephobic feminists, for a period - Julia Serano is who cured me of that.)

though I certainly wouldn't want to call feminism just the process of making femininity equal to masculinity (reproductive rights after all are feminist but not about femininity), I think it's important to call out the need for taking femininity seriously as a part of feminism

[–] Okokimup@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You are totally right, its not an all-encompassing definition. It is a good sound-bite, especially for people who feel like they don't benefit (or even lose something) from feminism.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 days ago

I like it, betrays the assumptions about feminism in a good way 💟