Equity feminism - a contradiction

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On the one hand they are forced into a position where they must deny that they are anything to do with what passes for normal feminist sexism these days. Statements like "<B>feminism means different things to different people</b>" or "<B>This is what </b><I><B>I</b></I><B> mean by feminism</b>" make feminism a meaningless title. On the other hand they continue to insist that being called a feminist is important to them because it represents "equality". Well they can't both be true. Does feminism have any objective meaning or is it entirely whatever the feminist says it is?</div> <bR> <div> What they are really saying is this,</div> <bR> <div> "<B>I </b><I><B>want </b></I><B>feminism to have my meaning; equality </b>but I can see that to many it means <B>the exact opposite; sexism, prejudice and bigotry</b>. Since I don't want to get blamed for all that I'll <B>pretend it has no meaning at all</b> when it suits me to <B>deny my involvement with a sexist movement</b>, and pretend its meaning is <B>vital</b> when it suits me <B>to claim I am fighting to recover the true meaning </b>of the movement<B>.</b></div> <bR> <div> Equity feminists so-called need to quit trying to cover up the damage they do by associating with hate. If it is <B>genuinely</b> their opinion that the feminist movement is redeemable from the bigots who they recognize are running the show at the moment, then they need to be <B>very clear</b> what they are doing. Because the bigots certainly are.</div> <bR> <div> The so-called <B>gender feminists </b>have no problem recognizing the enemy and laying claim to the movement. They will tell you that anyone who says the are pro-life for example, but claims to be a feminist is a liar. Women and men claiming to be feminists who have dared to criticize feminist hate propaganda have received death threats. <B>There's non of this "feminism means different things" nonsense coming from the gender-feminists. </b>Their beliefs are exclusive. Only equity feminists seem to be happy with a movement that is just as accepting of hate as of equality. I have not yet met an equity feminist who has told me that even the worst examples of feminist bigotry, such as Andrea Dworkin,  is not a real feminist.</div> <bR> <div> <I>Does "feminism" have a meaning?</I></div> <div> The <A HREF="http://www.feminist.org/welcome/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.feminist.org/welcome/"><U>Feminist Majority Foundation</U></A> obviously thinks feminism has a clear enough meaning. This hate group have chosen their name on the basis that inflating the number of feminists people think are out there, as they do, is good for pushing their hateful policies. They even have a special page for registering as a feminist: <A HREF="http://www.feminist.org/welcome/census-1.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.feminist.org/welcome/census-1"><U>The feminist census</U></A>.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="508" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFCC HEIGHT= 58 WIDTH="496"><div> <B>IF THERE'S ONE THING POLITICIANS AND BUSINESS LEADERS UNDERSTAND, IT'S NUMBERS. THE MORE WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE CENSUS, THE MORE DRAMATIC THE IMPACT</b></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> There's nothing new about pushing for your political views by using the word "majority" of course. It's a sound principle that you will have more influence to push whatever position you want if you can show or make it seem that many people agree with you. </div> <bR> <div> <I>Stand up and be counted... as what?</I></div> <div> Just like voting for a political party there is power in a mass of people declaring their support for a label. But once you have filled out your Feminist Majority census form, once you have stood up and declared you are a feminist --- in a sense once you have "voted" for feminism, who is controlling the power that your political statement translates into? <B>We all know it isn't the "equity" feminists</b>.</div> <bR> <div> Just as the common German people were responsible for voting Hitler into power so equity feminists continue to "vote" for feminist sexism. <B>This is true whether they agree with the sexist policies or not</b>. It's time they took responsibility for their actions instead of pretending they are <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Humpty Dumpty Feminism"><U>Humpty Dumpty</U></A>. If they do not want to be held accountable for their part in feminist hate then <B>don't support it.</b></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>    <p align="center"> <A HREF="http://rd1.hitbox.com/rd?acct=WQ5011298NZC45EN0&p=s"> <IMG SRC="http://hg1.hitbox.com/HG?hc=wf153&l=y&hb=WQ5011298NZC45EN0&cd=1&n=Equity Feminism" height=62 width=88 ALT="Click Here!" border=0> </A> </p>    </b></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>