There is a great urban myth abounding in conversations about men that needs clarifying.
By It appears that we have forgotten what it means to use language appropriately. We want to group everyone together and place a label on people so we know where they fit. I do not like labels, and I dislike the incorrect use of potentially damaging words more.
As a young woman, I tackled the world head on. I did not label people by race, religion, or gender (and still don’t). Moreover, I was determined that none of the labels other people used would ever limit my future possibilities.
I remember the time I was first called a feminist. I was horrified. I did not buy into the label, and I certainly was not going to be categorized into something that was segregating men and women. I just wanted to be a woman who had a voice.
Feminism by definition is the advocacy for women’s rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes.
The point was not lost on me, that the feminist movement was needed in the world, and that it was due to its foundations that I had rights and privileges that were not afforded to my mother’s generation. However, even as a young woman, I saw great inequality in what was taking place because of that movement and it did not sit well with me.
What I did not know was that my strong connection to men and their rights and issues would later cause me to be labeled a misogynist.
By It appears that we have forgotten what it means to use language appropriately. We want to group everyone together and place a label on people so we know where they fit. I do not like labels, and I dislike the incorrect use of potentially damaging words more.
As a young woman, I tackled the world head on. I did not label people by race, religion, or gender (and still don’t). Moreover, I was determined that none of the labels other people used would ever limit my future possibilities.
I remember the time I was first called a feminist. I was horrified. I did not buy into the label, and I certainly was not going to be categorized into something that was segregating men and women. I just wanted to be a woman who had a voice.
Feminism by definition is the advocacy for women’s rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes.
The point was not lost on me, that the feminist movement was needed in the world, and that it was due to its foundations that I had rights and privileges that were not afforded to my mother’s generation. However, even as a young woman, I saw great inequality in what was taking place because of that movement and it did not sit well with me.
What I did not know was that my strong connection to men and their rights and issues would later cause me to be labeled a misogynist.