Thread: Feminism

Originally Posted by ShitFace

on topic edit: I do agree with feminist views, largely (some i don't) but I wouldn't call myself a feminist. Just cos most feminists are totally up their own arseholes and generally OTT and imo, give feminism a bad name.
from my experience anyway.

Sometimes you have to be over the top to be heard.

What feminist views to you not agree with? Just curious.

Originally Posted by ShitFace

Well that is a much better way of putting it.
Just a personal irk of mine when people blindly follow those they worship, I had to say something...

If you're a big fan of someone because of their work -- and hence their ideas and their brain -- then why wouldn't you take their beliefs seriously? I'm not saying that if he came out in favour of cannibalism or voting republican I'd go and believe in those things, but I'd be ready to give them a little more serious thought than previously.

He's a role model for me, and a damn good one. I may never have been exposed to feminist ideas and forced to really engage with them if not for him. I don't see the problem in placing value on the ideas and beliefs of those you admire, as long as critical thinking is not compromised.