Is it time for a Feminist Manifesto for DU?

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14. Contacting the other feminist groups would be helpful

To me feminism is about human rights; it's anti-sexist, anti-racist anti-heterosexism. It acknowledges the disparities in not only wages, but roles of gender in positions of power. It believes women should be free to express sexuality without slutshaming. It wants an end to sexual assault, sexual harassment and unrealistic sexual expectations.

While the art of body decoration isn't itself wrong, women basing their entire or most of their self esteem on it is.
Feminism is global; we acknowledge cultural difference and celebrate a world with women of
many color, shapes and sizes. We fight for every thing from reproductive rights in Ireland to female small business owners in Rwanda.


We acknowledge rape as a weapon of war and terror.

We reach out to those cultures that practice FGM and try to dialogue with the women who practice it. Not to show western cultural superiority, but to educate on anatomy. We reach out to cultures that hold women legal bondage.

We acknowledge sex workers; no matter how feminism differs in opinion and approaches of the challenges of sex workers, feminism recognizes the need to keep these women safe. We abhor and reject sexual trafficking.

We understand some of us are faith based, some of us are not and either is ok within the philosophy of feminism.

We acknowledge there is NO one size fits all, standpoint theory failed when the white feminists of the 60's and 70's thought they could express the experience of the black female simply by sharing gender.

No matter how divisive gender reassignment has been to feminists, it's time to let those resentments slip away and welcome our new sisters. I personally have a friend who served two tours in Vietnam. She still does color guard duty and is a women I can talk to soul to soul.

We believe in education of gender roles and what they mean, we wish to leech out the poisons that toxic gender expectation causes.