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RE: The Crap I Put Up With (as a Woman in Crypto) Because You Say You're "Not a feminist"

in #life8 years ago

I think what @joelkatz and others think is going on is called a Motte-and-Bailey argument. A term is given two meanings; one innocuous and defensible, and another that is more provocative. When the doctrine is attacked, advocates lean on the more innocuous meaning, but otherwise the more provocative meaning is used. In this example, feminism might be defended as "equality among the sexes" but when the battle dies down, the meaning "preferential treatment for women" or "inferior treatment for men" would be used.

I'm not sure this is really happening much with feminism, but I can think of other examples. Religious 'faith' can have unobjectionable meanings like sticking to a consistent of moral principles over time, but also can mean uncritical acceptance of miraculous claims (healing people by laying on hands, etc). Depending who you talk to and in what circumstance, you get a different definition (or a more vague definition). The insidious thing about it is that when you have bought into an ideology, it can feel much like both definitions are identical.

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I have heard Feminism described as a religion numerous times, Patriarchy Theory is their god and must never be questioned; from that all other doctrine follows and everything that is proclaimed by a feminist should be taken on faith, truth is relative and facts that contradict the narrative must be ignored.

And she harasses another girl for saying she is not a feminist.

Go figure

Damn gender traitors :p lol

It certainly is really happening. There are dozens of examples. Just punch things like "can you be a feminist and" into your favorite search engine for lots of examples. But people can reasonably disagree on whether this is mainstream feminism today or whether it's just a few people at the margins.