If you want to know if you are a feminist ask yourself this: do you believe in a Patriarchy? Do you truly believe that there is a secret conspiracy of men designed to keep women down and that by virtue of being a man you are somehow receiving a benefit and participating in this conspiracy? I think which way you come to answer this question will tell you whether you are a feminist or not.
As an aside:
Recently a feminist film festival in London asked all men to leave midway through. Is that the actions of people that desire equality?
My answer to this question is mixed; no, I do not think that there is a secret conspiracy to keep women down, and just by being a man you are somehow a part of that said conspiracy. That being said, I do think that women are judged far more harshly in society in general than man are, and it's difficult for women as a whole to be as successful as men are if they are constantly being judged by the media, society, and even by other women.
TD;LR, I don't think there's an evil male conspiracy against women, but I do think there's a mentality in society that causes women to be judged more harshly for certain actions than men are.
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If you want to know if you are a feminist ask yourself this: do you believe in a Patriarchy? Do you truly believe that there is a secret conspiracy of men designed to keep women down and that by virtue of being a man you are somehow receiving a benefit and participating in this conspiracy? I think which way you come to answer this question will tell you whether you are a feminist or not.
As an aside:
Recently a feminist film festival in London asked all men to leave midway through. Is that the actions of people that desire equality?
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My answer to this question is mixed; no, I do not think that there is a secret conspiracy to keep women down, and just by being a man you are somehow a part of that said conspiracy. That being said, I do think that women are judged far more harshly in society in general than man are, and it's difficult for women as a whole to be as successful as men are if they are constantly being judged by the media, society, and even by other women.
TD;LR, I don't think there's an evil male conspiracy against women, but I do think there's a mentality in society that causes women to be judged more harshly for certain actions than men are.