I’m a cis male and I believe in the importance of feminism, but I hesitate to call myself a feminist because it seems like there is a presumption of understanding women’s experiences as if I was part of the Me Too movement. In some binary sense given how hateful and shitty men can be I’m absolutely a feminist, but I wouldn’t declare myself to be one. What is your standpoint?

  • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    21 hours ago

    What I’m saying is, I think both of these views are entirely reasonable, but that it’s incompatible to truly hold both of them simultaneously:

    • It’s okay for feminist organizations to focus on women to the detriment of men, but not to focus on men to the detriment of women
    • Feminism is a movement focused on correcting gender issues of all kinds, not just women’s issues

    I recognize that people don’t tend to hold both of these views simultaneously, but it’s not like it never happens. Regardless, to me it seems like this is a rather important distinction between two popular types of feminism.