Dear Men, Please Don’t Say “Feminist” When You Mean “Women Feminists”
It is also incorrect to assume that a man is not a feminist
Acceptable and unacceptable ideas
Most human bodies are male or female. Most concepts are not.
Thoughts and ideas are separate from gender or sex. Feminism, or the idea that women should be seen as full human beings, is a concept without gender. Indeed, most people today may quibble about what they think “feminism” is, but in the West, most people believe in equality by whatever name they give it.
Even on the far right, you will not see people defending inequality based on race or sex in open discussion. If they do so it is couched in code words, just as is done with “acceptable” racism.
However, when you think about feminists, and picture a woman, you are not in any way, shape, or form being true to the concept (in the dictionary definition) of advocating for equal human rights. Males are often feminists, and men struggle too, to liberate the marginalized and oppressed.
But, in social media, and in many platforms people somehow equate feminists with women. Often, it is by describing man-hating, complaining, and whining women.