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[louann at millerdome.com]

Ruth Frey wrote:

>well, that type of feminist *is* out there (in all senses of the phrase),
and I don't always have loads of sympathy for them myself.  Not after I
was informed by such a feminist that, by being a professional scientist,
I was myself anti-feminist and participating in the male-dominated
patriarchal rape of Mother Earth.  :P   As a result of such encounters, I
 refuse to identify myself as "feminist," but prefer to phrase it as being
someone who believes in *equal* rights for *all* genders, thanks,
whatever the term for that might be (haven't really found a good one,
yet).

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I like the distinction between 'equity feminism,' which you are, and
'identity feminism,' which is your counter-example. The problem is that
nobody would understand you without an explanation.

Kind of like the difference between the words vegetarian ("none for me,
thanks") and vegetarian ("You're eating WHAT? Well I will by Ghod make you
sorry you did!").