tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302245627574027504.post2583647917376396426..comments2019-05-15T23:59:20.159-07:00Comments on Feminist Legal Theory: Misconceptions: is radical feminism giving feminists a bad name?Lisa R. Pruitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16469550950363542801noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302245627574027504.post-46007594260394154132010-09-30T22:16:40.436-07:002010-09-30T22:16:40.436-07:00Jumping on what Alcestis was saying about 3rd wave...Jumping on what Alcestis was saying about 3rd wave feminism progressing the idea of radical feminists, I wonder if in 20 years from now "radical" feminism will be associated with a sex positive, or even sex radical attitude. With third wave feminism has come an increase in sex positive and sex worker positive feminism. It is an interesting shift that the most radical of feminists of the defining era of modern feminism in the 70s were viewed as so sex negative. And now a few waves in, the radical edges of current feminism are deeply wrapped up in the politics of sexual empowerment and positive reclamation. Radical feminism has grown and changed, I hope the face of it in the mainstream will start to catch up soon enough too.Dustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09711162148219741528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302245627574027504.post-53358332994464278642010-09-30T21:50:06.136-07:002010-09-30T21:50:06.136-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09711162148219741528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302245627574027504.post-62023779305579927702010-09-30T20:40:51.040-07:002010-09-30T20:40:51.040-07:00As a male feminist, I have had discussions with bo...As a male feminist, I have had discussions with both men and women who view feminism skeptically, especially when a man espouses feminist viewpoints or expresses support for other feminists. <br /><br />As Alcestis pointed out, one of the major arguments against feminism that I've encountered is that men and women are equal now, so what is the point of feminism? While I would agree that we have made progress towards equality for many different minority groups, I believe we are far from true equality for women or any other minority group. <br /><br />As a male feminist in particular, I hear other suggestions, including: (1) that I am not female and that feminism is for/should only be espoused by women; (2) I am gay; (3) I describe myself as a feminist in order to get laid. <br /><br />Granted, when people bring up these points to me they are usually always being tongue-in-cheek or facetious, but they still illustrate a fundamental problem: that many people do not take heterosexual male feminists at face value.gtg263rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00994504490266541297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302245627574027504.post-46356789416523348202010-09-30T18:29:01.084-07:002010-09-30T18:29:01.084-07:00Feminism does have a bad perception to many indivi...Feminism does have a bad perception to many individuals. Something about the term seems to send shivers down people's spines. However, while I may not specifically consider myself a radical feminist, I do appreciate its place in theory.<br /><br />The way I consider the different aspects of feminism, and the way I derive by sense of how I see my self as feminist is similar to the way I think of religion (not to get too controversial here). I tend to view both as picking portions that you believe in and portions you identify it, and practicing it to the best way you see fit. This might not make me radical, or even progressive in a forceful sense but I think it's a good way for me to "stay the course" when people criticize me about being a feminist or misunderstand what it is to be a feminist.N.P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08296347844003958446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302245627574027504.post-26065742887506759232010-09-29T23:59:41.194-07:002010-09-29T23:59:41.194-07:00I, like your friend, was terrified of considering ...I, like your friend, was terrified of considering myself a feminist and once cringed at the idea of it. I didn't want to associate myself with women who hated men, complained all day, and didn't wear makeup. But more importantly, I couldn't see the point of feminism. We are all equal now. Women can do anything men can do. And if we can't, we just need to try harder until we can. Right?!?! <br /><br />Wrong!!! In these few weeks of class, my misconceptions of feminism have been dispelled. Feminists don't hate men, don't complain, and can wear makeup (3rd generation feminist). But more importantly, women are not equal and will never be equal until all of us recognize that. Although women may be capable of doing anything men can do, we have to recognize that we live in a society and a system which treats women as inferior and perpetuates this treatment by claiming that there is equality of the sexes. <br /><br />Women can try their hardest to attain what men have, but it may prove fruitless if we don't understand the root and nature of the inequality that exists today.Alcestishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10085527254037657576noreply@blogger.com