Joelkatz,feminism is an established term,with an established definition. Feminism has gotten a lot of unfair bad reputation because men a lot of men(and a fair amount of women) feel threatened by it,and they do not want to see realities like the ones Kat and Susanne describe. This, however does not change the definition of a term You can always make an etymological analysis,or look it up,but this does not change the current meaning,as the meaning of a word in lingvistics is based on usage,not etymology.
feminism (countable and uncountable, plural feminisms)
(obsolete) The state of being feminine; femininity. [from 1851; less common after 1895] [quotations ▼]
A social theory or political movement which argues that legal and social restrictions on women must be removed in order to bring about equality of both sexes in all aspects of public and private life
If you don´t have a problem with seing that we live in a sexist society,and you want to change it,why pick on words?
As I said, for precisely the same reason you are. You also are unwilling to accept that I fully support gender equality but object to the term "feminism" or "feminist". It's a gendered term. Why can't you agree to abandon it in favor of a gender-neutral term? Surely the concept of gender equality is gender neutral. Why are you fighting over a word?
This matters to me for precisely the same reason it matters to you. You are defending a gendered term that you want to use in a gender neutral way. I'd prefer a gender neutral term. Surely you'd understand a woman who didn't want to be called a "fireman" and preferred "fire fighter", despite the fact that the definition of "fireman" is not gendered. I fully support gender equality but don't like using a gendered term for gender equality.