Strawberry

Sep 23 2014, 08:08 PM

That "baggage" also contains an entire historical movement full of bravery and audacity by all the people who fought the cause and got us to where we are today in terms of equality. It encompasses a movement much bigger than us. Such movement cannot be erased by a mere ignorant and cowardly interpretation of the word. It's ridiculous.
It's about reeducating people and eradicating the prejudice, rather than trying to wash away the core of the movement, which originated from women being blatantly treated as second class citizens and human beings. That's what young stars like Emma Watson are doing and what should continue to be done -- demystify the unfair negative connotation associated with the word instead of feeding it by acting like the name is the problem.

Strawberry

Sep 23 2014, 08:08 PM

That "baggage" also contains an entire historical movement full of bravery and audacity by all the people who fought the cause and got us to where we are today in terms of equality. It encompasses a movement much bigger than us. Such movement cannot be erased by a mere ignorant and cowardly interpretation of the word. It's ridiculous.
It's about reeducating people and eradicating the prejudice, rather than trying to wash away the core of the movement, which originated from women being blatantly treated as second class citizens and human beings. That's what young stars like Emma Watson are doing and what should continue to be done -- demystify the unfair negative connotation associated with the word instead of feeding it by acting like the name is the problem.

Strawberry

Sep 23 2014, 09:12 PM

I didn't say YOU specifically wanted to change anything about gay rights, or would ever ponder such thing. But imagine if people did fight to change the name of said movement to make it "easier" for the poor old straight majority to cope with/understand the fact sexuality isn't black and white?

Again, terminology isn't banal and anthropology, sociology and history prove it. Wanting a movement pretty much exactly like feminism in content, just with a different name to make things "easier" to put forth is to me just wanting to eradicate female out of the equation. It's disrespectful to the movement and all the great things it has accomplished, and it's simply unnecessary. You don't see anybody wanting to change the words MANkind or huMANity. You also don't see anybody having a problem with those words. Yet FEMinism is not the same. "Good ideals, but bad name!!!" Now you do the math.

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That "baggage" also contains an entire historical movement full of bravery and audacity by all the people who fought the cause and got us to where we are today in terms of equality. It encompasses a movement much bigger than us. Such movement cannot be erased by a mere ignorant and cowardly interpretation of the word. It's ridiculous.
It's about reeducating people and eradicating the prejudice, rather than trying to wash away the core of the movement, which originated from women being blatantly treated as second class citizens and human beings. That's what young stars like Emma Watson are doing and what should continue to be done -- demystify the unfair negative connotation associated with the word instead of feeding it by acting like the name is the problem.