feminism

My definition of feminism is ‘making sure people do not consciously or unconsciously discriminate on the basis of gender/gender identity/sex’. It is about a fair go irrespective of gender/gender identity/sex, and the benefits often apply to men as well as women. As an example of the latter,. when I was an Equal Employment for Women in the Workforce Representative in 90s, I pointed out that much of what I was trying to do would also give men improved benefits - such as the opportunity to spend more time with their children.

The stereotypes around man hating and being butch lesbians are all absolute, utter and complete rubbish - which is not to say SOME women professing to be feminists do not have those characteristics - by people who don’t want to move out of their comfort zone, or who cannot accept other people dealing with life differently or that others have different lessons and thus must live in ways that are, perhaps, better.