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Topic	"White supremacist" FREE SPEECH rally in Boston headlined by Indian
WhoopsyDaisy 08/22/17 4:58:11 PM #89:	Most reasonable people agree that there are privileges and burdens inherent in any identity label. It's just a question of what you do with that information. LordoftheMorons posted... WhoopsyDaisy posted... Only 60% of American women and 33% of American men consider themselves feminists. Basically if you're opposed to affirmative action there's nothing in feminism for you because basically all the fights have been won. There are no legal rights women lack and the only ones they're in danger of losing are, like, reproductive. Which you don't need to identify as a feminist to want to defend. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/feminism-project/poll/ What if you care about things beyond legal rights? It's also false that reproductive rights are the only relevant legal battles to be fought. For example, mandated paid family leave would be a pretty significant legal victory. OK, family leave would be a valid example. But you don't have to be a feminist to be in favor of a policy. And the label has enough baggage that I don't want to identify with it. --- senorhousemouse "I feel like you can't be a real person" - OmarsComin <cite>WhoopsyDaisy posted [p:885255375] in "Whit... [t:75693852]...</cite> <quote>Most reasonable people agree that there are privileges and burdens inherent in any identity label. It's just a question of what you do with that information. <cite>LordoftheMorons posted...</cite> <quote><cite>WhoopsyDaisy posted...</cite> <quote>Only 60% of American women and 33% of American men consider themselves feminists. Basically if you're opposed to affirmative action there's nothing in feminism for you because basically all the fights have been won. There are no legal rights women lack and the only ones they're in danger of losing are, like, reproductive. Which you don't need to identify as a feminist to want to defend. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/feminism-project/poll/</quote> What if you care about things beyond legal rights? It's also false that reproductive rights are the only relevant legal battles to be fought. For example, mandated paid family leave would be a pretty significant legal victory.</quote> OK, family leave would be a valid example. But you don't have to be a feminist to be in favor of a policy. And the label has enough baggage that I don't want to identify with it. --- senorhousemouse "I feel like you can't be a real person" - OmarsComin</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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