This is precisely why I don't identify as a feminist. People read it as shorthand for belief in patriarchy, rape culture & gender differences as a cultural construct. If I just say I support gender equality, they don't do that.https://twitter.com/quellist1/status/985478050069565440 …
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I understand wishing 'feminism' were widely accepted as shorthand for the aim for gender equality but the reality is that it isn't and at some point, you just have to accept that a concept has shifted or a term has changed in cultural understanding and adjust accordingly.
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Otherwise you end up looking like an old crank yelling '"gay" means "happy", I tell you! That's how I've always used it and how I always will.'
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