It's completely normal because it depends on how you define feminism.
If you mean "Hey, women and men should have autonomy over their own bodies, get paid the same for the same work and otherwise be treated as human beings with inherent dignity," you'll find most people agreeing with that kind of feminism. If you mean "Women have been oppressed by rape culture for so long that they've internalized it and now deserve extra help to climb out of a societal hole dug for them by brutal men," then you're going to have far fewer believers.
There are so many types of feminism now that just saying you're a feminist is almost meaningless. Radical feminism, reform feminism, gender feminism, cultural feminism...if feminists can't agree on what the term means, then it's entirely normal to feel ambivalent about it.
You're free to take issues on a case-by-case basis. I'm curious, though, about the ridiculous claims people are making that you don't agree with. If you don't agree that all sex degrades women, for instance -- and yes, there have been some feminists who claimed that -- that seems reasonable. If you have ever uttered the phrase "legitimate rape" un-ironically, on the other hand...yeah, you are probably saying something pretty awful.
Is it normal to be mixed and 50/50 on feminism
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It's completely normal because it depends on how you define feminism.
If you mean "Hey, women and men should have autonomy over their own bodies, get paid the same for the same work and otherwise be treated as human beings with inherent dignity," you'll find most people agreeing with that kind of feminism. If you mean "Women have been oppressed by rape culture for so long that they've internalized it and now deserve extra help to climb out of a societal hole dug for them by brutal men," then you're going to have far fewer believers.
There are so many types of feminism now that just saying you're a feminist is almost meaningless. Radical feminism, reform feminism, gender feminism, cultural feminism...if feminists can't agree on what the term means, then it's entirely normal to feel ambivalent about it.
You're free to take issues on a case-by-case basis. I'm curious, though, about the ridiculous claims people are making that you don't agree with. If you don't agree that all sex degrades women, for instance -- and yes, there have been some feminists who claimed that -- that seems reasonable. If you have ever uttered the phrase "legitimate rape" un-ironically, on the other hand...yeah, you are probably saying something pretty awful.