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In reply to the discussion: RadFeminists are making it difficult for the Democratic party to fight the GOP's attack on women [View all]Harmony Blue
(3,978 posts)One of guest panelists was combative that a man was taking a Woman's studies class and suggested I was a spy working for maintaining the repressive patriarchal system. She also suggested that the only way to win was to inflict physical pain against men with war. She argued men are by nature ultra aggressive and this aggression must be met with more aggression.
Militant and Radical feminists are similar, but not the same. Militant in my opinion are more like activists or use the means of protest to voice awareness. There is overlap between Militant and Rad Feminists, but there are differences. Liberal feminists tend to be more openly accepted by society compared to Militant and Rad Fems.
Rad Fems oppose pornography which is why they are not received well by society as a whole. Human beings are visual, so the RadFem view point of pornography = violence simply doesn't resonate with the average man or woman in American society.