juststaythefuckaway:

it’s also funny how the only people missing the point on my post are men.
i feel like i’m explaining this to a baby but lemme just break that post down for y’all:

• women have been discussing their oppression for years
• now men come in and decide that being a feminist is the new cool thing
• so…

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petitefeministe:

First post from the Men’s Health Feminist blog:

Feminist is a loaded term. I’m well aware of this. Expressed ever so bluntly by a male friend, “You’re the Men’s Health Feminist? But—you’re not a bitch. I just don’t get it.”

Sigh. Turns out, I do not need to be a bitch to be a feminist. Similarly, I do not need burn bras, worship Hillary Clinton, and/or hate men. Truth is—my friend is part of the majority and, to my disappointment, even fellow women often deny the term.

If I tell you I’m feminist, what image comes to mind? Someone who doesn’t shave her legs? Someone who’s angry all of the time? Who wears Doc Martens? (Okay, I might be guilty of the last one.) But why can’t the term evoke an image of someone who wouldn’t appear in Girls Gone Wild for all of the money in the world? Someone who would go into credit card debt before trying to obtain free dinners from random guys? Aren’t those good things?

I’m here to challenge that image, to point out that sexism is intrinsically ingrained in our culture, and more importantly, to question ideas and practices that we usually accept without criticism (i.e. “cat-calling,” video vixens, the definition of rape, sexual politics, and so on.)

But we’ll get into all of that later. For now, forget what you think you know about the “F Word,” have an open mind, and get ready to talk sex, stereotypes, pop culture, and possibly definitely not bra burning.

I’m looking forward to seeing where she goes with this and what kind of reaction it gets…

 I think that it is really interesting coming from Men’s Health. Part of me feels like this a great way to make feminism accessible to men. Part of me feels like whenever someone makes a “feminism is accessible” thing, it ends up not actually helping that much. Will this blog actually help men to recognize their privilege and their role in the oppression of women? Will it look at the intersection of race/class/gender/gender identity/sexual orientation? or will it be a shallow attempt to make men not say or do sexist things that they think?

I realize this sounds very mean, but i feel that just reading about sexism isn’t enough to make someone a feminist. it is a great first step. i also think that men have to work really hard to become feminists because of their role as oppressors.

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