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In reply to the discussion: Study: Everyone hates environmentalists and feminists [View all]NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)Nope, not the culture that reinforces the gender norm that says women shouldn't be too brash or uppity (if one does, she's an icy bitch who just needs to relax) so as to not offend members of the patriarchy.
And I hate to point this out, but not all women are feminists, and in fact, a lot of women have bought into the same tactics and arguments used by chauvinists to silence feminists. Claiming something isn't sexist by simply attaching women to it is the equivalent of something not being racist because you have a black friend.
Women are going to brash and aggressive when it comes to fighting a culture that enables sexual assault, rape, and a lack of any sort of control of a woman over her own affairs.
Been to an anti-war demonstration where veterans and people with family in the military get loud and angry? Or an Occupy protest where people getting screwed out of a future by the 1% get a little flustered? It's not the activists' job to make you feel comfortable and all warm and fuzzy inside. It's supposed to offend and make you think about what might be driving some people to get so goddamn angry over these things.
If you're offended by how that happens, then the feminists aren't the ones with the problem.