What bothers me equally is that most men feel like their masculinity is threatened if they're associated with feminists OR the term feminist. A former boyfriend of mine was perhaps more feminist than I am, but we had a 45 or so minute argument about whether he was actually feminist since he also equated "feminist" with "feminazi". To him the term had gained such a negative connotation that he couldn't even wrap his mind around the possibility that he could be one, although he had everything but the name.
When anyone makes that equation in front of me, I immediately start asking where these feminazis are. Perhaps it's just where I live, but I've certainly never met one and neither has anyone I've known.
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Date: 4 Aug 2005 11:24 pm (UTC)When anyone makes that equation in front of me, I immediately start asking where these feminazis are. Perhaps it's just where I live, but I've certainly never met one and neither has anyone I've known.