Feminists on Glow? Right.

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I love how so many women on her say that they are feminists but then break some of the fundemental ideas in practice. For example, feminists are suppose to respect people for their choices, whether it be a half naked photo or an Abortion, and support them. Even if your personal ideals are different, you are not supposed to tear people down to make yourself better and that is what I am seeing a lot of on this site. Any thoughts?

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While I agree that women should be understanding and supportive of each other that is not actuall what feminism is. Feminism is the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men. It is not about women not being able to debate moral dilemmas and or their opinions. The recent popularity of feminism has warped the definition and has misinformed women on what it actually means.

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Feminism is not a trend, or some fad.
It's been around for years, people.
Ever heard of 1st and 2nd wave feminism? We are 3rd wave.

A fad...
Y'all will say anything.

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I get why you're saying, but not everyone said they consider themselves feminists... So maybe those of us who don't call ourselves feminists are more vocal about certain subjects.  Also, just because someone is a "feminist" doesn't mean they can't have an opinion on anything.  Just because they disagree with something doesn't mean they care of someone else does it.

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Feminism has become the "in" thing...I believe a lot of people jump on the bandwagon without understanding what it means...but hey, it's cool and hip so why not right?

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While people often get the completely wrong idea about feminists being anti-men and dumb things like that, it doesn't mean there aren't bad feminists. The bad ones are exclusionary and only support the women they want to support. Which means they'll exclude trans women, women of certain religions or races, women who have had abortions, etc.. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the women here who claim to be feminists are the exclusionary type.

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I totally get what your saying. One things I would say is that a lot of the time comments are mainly opinions and you can't hear the tone of the person typing through the internet. While I would want to support most women in their choices something like a woman smoking weed in pregnancy I simple cannot support her choice it's disgusting and wrong. I get peoples strong opinions in certain subjects get in the way

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I think respecting and supporting other people's decisions is different... For example: nude photos. I totally respect women ( and men!) who have the confidence to put themselves out there like that. Do I support it? Not necessarily because they tend to be photoshopped, send wrong beauty ideals to the mass public, and overall perpetuate the idea that no matter how smart/amazing a woman can be, if she doesn't look good nude then she shouldn't be famous. I definitely respect their choices though, because hey! It's their life and body.

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I agree with you.

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That's a feminist for you at least I'm honest

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