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In reply to the discussion: Study: Everyone hates environmentalists and feminists [View all]Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)And I have certainly observed that some people engage in consistent misrepresentation- deliberate or not- of the words of others on this board.
So to be perfectly honest, no, I'm not going to just take your word for it.
My observations; limited as they are- about FEMEN are that they've engaged in some fairly silly protests, which have nonetheless garnered a lot of media attention. Which puts them in the same company with many other activist groups, like PETA.
As for "the men who are the most vocal opponents of women's rights"- would you lump me in with that group? I am 100% certain others here would, particularly those who have convinced themselves that I'm some sort of MRA Batman when I'm not posting on DU.
What appears to me- as the "idea of Feminism is limited to the Playboy Mansion" illustrates- there seems to be some confusion/conflation between people who are not sufficiently outraged over sexy bodies and naked breasts, and people -if they exist- who think activism is ONLY about sexy bodies and naked breasts.
They're not the same thing. I flew 3,000 miles to march in DC in April of 2004, for reproductive rights. That wasn't about Larry Flynt, the Playboy Mansion or nekkid boobiez, NOR was it just me trying "make sure" I wouldn't personally be "stuck with a kid". It was because for me, reproductive rights is a core lynchpin of what I consider equal rights, freedom AND Feminism, although my saying that of course leaves the door open to me being accused of trying to "define feminsim".
So: Let's cut to the chase; do you consider me one of these "most vocal opponents of women's rights"? Honestly?
And if so, what specific women's rights have you actually heard me oppose?