hey dude
I haven't read any of the above posts other than yours that started it off. I'm going to be serious for once and say that this is a subject close to my heart.

I used to go out with a girl who openly and proudly declared herself to be a feminist. I didn't really know what being a card carrying feminazi meant but apparently it's that I was occasionally a sexist bastard.

Balls to that. You know what the male equivalent of feminism is? Chauvanism. And we all know that that's fucking wrong. Feminism is not the same as equality and it's the latter than I live my life by. Seriously, I'm a coder and I've seen the effect of well meaning but sexist twats drive women away from the profession. Don't let feminism cloud your judgement of behaving acceptably around women. There are real women out there who will appreciate being treated equally in the same way there will also be women who will adamantly claim you're a 'potential rapist' as there are men who think the little lady should shut up and get back to the sink.
( djtrialprice, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 22:42, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

"Feminism is not the same as equality"
Feminism is about women having the same opportunities and rights as men.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:06, Reply)

Exactly
(Although as a man I probably should say anything).

No one is equal and it's foolish to think we are or ever could/should be, but everyone, male or female, black, white, whatever, should be given full opportunity to screw up as well as they can.

Which Kurt Vonnegut book or story is it where they try to make everyone completely equal by doing things like making strong people wear lots of weights and people with good vision wear glasses that screw up their vision etc.?
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 12:53, Reply)

You know what the male equivalent of feminism is
Masochism ?

Srrsslly tho, back when I was at University the idea was floated of a womens night bus. Fair enough - a bit of a sexist idea, cos of course guys never get mugged, but generally a good thing. Being the nice guy I was pretending to be I volunteered to be a driver; I was told that male drivers would not be considered in case this was found to be intimidating or some such cock. 2 weeks later the service was dropped due to a lack of drivers.

I would suggest this was a case of not seeing the wood for the trees but use of "wood" as a positive thing would be teh secksist piggery.
(joe is troubled Got all married and teh stuffs, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:10, Reply)