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What are your views on feminism?

For example:
**How do you define feminism?
Do you think it still exists?
Do you think it's a good thing or a bad thing?
Are you a feminist?

I think she wants to say that if nobody was of the opinion that women are smart, we would be angry if someone tells us, we are not. Because there it would be truth for us like "the sky is blue"
I think this does not work. We somehow found out we are smart in the past and we will do so in the future^^ I don't think men walked around and told us "you are smart" Women started to think so for theirselves.
Correct that if I am wrong.

I don't know where feminism starts and where it ends. I think everyone should have the same rights, but we cannot pretend it does not make a difference if you are male of female. We are raised different and I think it will never be the same because you are always influenced by the generation before.

I would not call me a feminist. Actually I think existence as a woman is kind of a punishment. Nevertheless I will not allow anyone to treat me bad. I like life and if that is the way I can experience it, I have to face that.
When I have guests and somebody says that it is my duty as a woman to fetch some drinks I tell them where the kitchen is and they can go alone. If you do not say a thing I will offer you everything. I am polite, but I am not a slave...

If feminism is good or bad. I think it is good in a balanced way. Everything can be bad if it is pushed to far. There are women who think men are worth less (some even think they are worthless), I think this is ridiculous.

Again I wish there was an "Other" option for the poll.

I personally think that at it's roots feminism is really just about furthering women's rights and giving them the same chances for success as men. That idea is great in and of itself, but like George Carlin said, some feminists take it too far and want EVERYTHING to not be gender specific, and to me that's not only outrageous it's simply idiotic. (Just my thoughts)


I think feminism still exists, but it's begun to be twisted into something disgusting by certain groups of people. There ARE women out there who believe they can do everything better than men, why would they think that?

Because they're head strong imbeciles that only want to have sex and beat each other. But when I look at something like that I realize I've heard that argument a hundred or so times from teenage girls that were recently dumped, and so I can't help but think that women that believe what I typed above simply haven't grown up, and because of that in all honesty their views mean much less to me.

Darth Shiny says:

Feminism, as far as I know, started as women recognized they had the same value as human beings that men do. In that way, I believe in it. I believe women have the same value as men, and that each woman and man should be free to live the life he/she wants to live. It's always seemed to me that the more modern feminists think women should "rebel" against the past stereotypes of women being homemakers, and I don't agree with that. If a woman wants to be a homemaker, then let her! If she wants to be a businesswoman, then let her do that as well.

So I suppose in my head, feminism is about letting women decide for themselves what they want, and not telling them that what they may want is wrong.

I also agree with what a scary ghost said about women who believe they can do everything better than a man. That's not necessarily true, and I don't think admitting that is "unfeminine" of me, either. I can't do everything a man can, but nor can he do everything I can. Women and men are made to work together, not against each other, and to me, that's also part of feminism.

Duct tape is like the Force.

I believe that a woman can do almost anything that a man can do. As for when i was in the army, i didn't see any reason why women shouldn't be able to have combat MOS.

Completely right!

Can I also add that it's not just about women being ableto do male things, but men being able to do female things. There's no reason why men shouldn't take on the 'female' role of being a homemaker ('househusband', for lack of a better word), or do traditionally female jobs.

There are some 'feminists' who take things to far, and claim that all men are bad, but I see that as being just as sexist and misguided as men who belive that women are less intelligent/weak/'naturally' child bearing machines/property. That isn't feminism, in my opinion. The view is also far less common than tabloid newspapers (and, worryingly, more 'respectable' news organs) would have you believe.
(Handy hint: if anything owned by Murdoch, right-wing, or generally regarded as rubbish by sensible people makes a comment on feminism, you can usually assume that the opposite is true).

You may have realised - I'm feminist, and very proud of it. Even if I do have to explain (very slowly) to some individuals that I'm not a lesbian, a manhater, and I haven't worn a pair of dungarees since I was five.

The concept of feminism is good. But some things are better in theory than in practice. Over the years, feminism has evolved from defense and pride to bragging and sexism towards men. That's my view at least.