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In reply to the discussion: "Man-bashing." My favorite DU pule. [View all]gollygee
(22,336 posts)like feminism is a women's movement and has to be controlled and defined by women. Upthread, the one poster (can't remember his name) does sound like an ally, but he said something like, "We haven't even agreed on a definition (of feminism) yet." I think that sentence explains why feminists are women and have to be women. WE (women) have to decide what the definition is. And there's disagreement among women, but I really feel like we have to define it ourselves, and control the whole concept, even if we disagree. Our movement can't be defined by men.
I wouldn't expect, as a straight white women, to be in a position to define LGBT or African American rights issues. I will do everything I can to be a solid ally, and that includes checking my privilege in those areas and taking what people in those groups say and learning from them rather than reacting with offense if I need to learn something.