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WildClarySage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-12-05 08:30 PM
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19. Someone at work a while back told me she wasn't any damn feminist. So
I asked her what she wanted for her son that she didn't want for her daughter. She was stumped.

I suppose if you wanted to wrap the subject in men's rights way, which I notice you often do, Highlonesome, you could rephrase the question, what do you want for your daughter that you don't want for your son. Either way, most will answer that they want a world where their child can reach their highest potential unhindered, supported and with nurturance, with love and respect for their gender, and not conditional upon the posession of a particular genitalia.

That is feminism. I believe that to answer the OP's question, No, in our patriarchial society, saying you're a humanist without regard to gender is in it's own way a disrespect of gender, and anti-feminist.
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