Why are we continuing to use biased language?

  • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I don’t want to be part of the feminist movement because I vehemently disagree with some of the things feminists do. I don’t want us to be called to task for those things, or have to explain them or implicitly support them. I don’t want to have to say “we” when talking about feminist theories or actions.

    • folkrav@lemmy.ca
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      8 months ago

      I still genuinely don’t understand how this is any different than basically any other ideological affiliation.

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        8 months ago

        Which is why you should choose your affiliations carefully, especially for a fledgling movement that is still finding its ideological footing. I think men’s lib is something that should be seen as closely aligned with, but distinct from, feminism.

        • folkrav@lemmy.ca
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          8 months ago

          The men’s liberation movement ranges back from the 60s, developing pretty much at the same time as second-wave feminism. The movement as an official legal entity isn’t a thing now, but it used to be openly pro-feminist. The men’s right movement literally rose from a chunk of the liberation movement that left because of exactly this.

          • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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            8 months ago

            And then we abandoned it to the Andrew Tates of the world. Because it threatened feminist moral supremacy.