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I have to say, the recent surge of talks about feminism and how women are represented everywhere actually made me think about myself and realize some

Posted by Guigue (aka Guigue) Sep 23 '14, 14:09

things.

I think I was always a feminist and a strong supporter of equal rights but perhaps I was too good at ignoring the inequalities of everyday life.

I do feel like I'm more aware. Perhaps it won't make a big difference in the grand scheme of things but at least it gave me the opportunity to grow.

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Part of feminism is to get people to change on a personal level, because small changes become big changes when you add more and more. -- nm - tobor.2 Sep 23, 18:28
It seems like so much more work to be discriminatory. -- nm - Reagen Sep 23, 14:23 5
- But people who choose to discriminate seem to be so much lazier. "Why should *I* have to change?" etc -- nm - Roger More Sep 23, 14:34 4
  - it takes mental energy to classify someone and think about how you're going to react to them based on that. - Reagen Sep 23, 14:36 3
    - Not really. It's called a kneejerk reaction because it's instinctive, and it takes effort to overcome instinct. -- nm - Roger More Sep 23, 15:25
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    - I think it takes almost no effort to do this and react. In fact, I think it's easier which is why it gets done. - Mel Profit Sep 23, 14:40
I really dislike what "feminist" has become in the everyday. it's all "I want all the same things dudes do" and "buy me dinner." - vice president peggy ann Sep 23, 14:19 15
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- in the main, I view it as not allowing traditional gender roles to dictate what someone can and cannot do. -- nm - Reagen Sep 23, 14:25 12
  - but it's so much more than that. "equal pay for equal work" but "you always have to buy when we go out"? no. -- nm - vice president peggy ann Sep 23, 14:27 11
    - I think both sides have privledges they're not willing to give up easily. - Reagen Sep 23, 14:35 10
      - What are the dude privileges? -- nm - Max Sep 23, 14:49 9
        
        nmbl -- (link) - mara Sep 23, 16:33 3
        
        oh, I was thinking in terms of interpersonal relationships. Women get free dinner, guy gets to hold the tv remote etc. Not societal privileges. -- nm - Max Sep 23, 17:36 2
        
        That's the thing: female privileges tend to be courtesys, male priviliges tend to have dollar values or power imbalances attached. -- nm - Reagen Sep 23, 18:02
        
        ::types, deletes, types, deletes:: - b. Sep 23, 18:01
        
        the default to basically every position of power, for a start -- nm - Reagen Sep 23, 16:28
        
        Dudes get a society made by dudes for dudes. -- nm - Roger More Sep 23, 15:22 3
        
        So it's like, if chicks are nice to me, I get to bring them stuff? -- nm - Max Sep 23, 15:25 2
        
        But chicks have to be nice to you, so they're even worse off than you are. -- nm - Roger More Sep 23, 15:49
        
        right. that's exactly it. - b. Sep 23, 15:34
- "She's wearing a skirt, we're gonna score!" -- nm - dudes in State College Sep 23, 14:22
I agree. - Spawn Sep 23, 14:10 5
- you are so bad - Epiphany Sep 23, 14:16 4
  - You need your heels silly. - Spawn Sep 23, 14:25 3
    - aka "Fuck Me Pumps" right? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 23, 14:41
    - just got a Van Halen earworm -- nm - Epiphany Sep 23, 14:31 1
      - Yeah, that's it, a little more to the right, a little more... -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 14:35

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