cuddlesbentom221blecterstreet:

fandomsandfeminism: dumblr-feminist: You do not speak for all women. You do not represent all women. A lot of women fucking hate you. If this is what you think you are doing please stop. —sincerely, Most women, who are sick of your bullshit. I can’t speak for all of them but I know there are a lot. Dear… ^yes to the feminist. To non-feminist, don’t forget all your freedoms as women come from the works feminist have done before you, and from those who keep on working to maintain your rights that others would so willingly take away.

-from a fellow feminist

No, actually, our freedoms have NOT all come at the hands of feminists, and even if they did, that does not mean that modern-day feminism reflects the same ideals and views nor does it mean that modern day feminism is what women need.

I give you the humanists, among which you have Isaac Asimov, Jeremy Bentham, Margaret Atwood (I’m sure you know her name), Mary Calderone, Gene Roddenberry (the creator of Star Trek), Ashley Montagu, Abraham Maslow (famous for inventing “Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs”), Henry Morgentaler (physician and staunch pro-choice advocate), Katharine Hepburn, Maggie Kuhn, George Takei, Margaret Sanger (the founder of Planned Parenthood was actually a humanist, not a feminist), Erin Pizzey (the founder of women’s domestic violence shelters…and who is anti-feminist after the response she got when she said that she thought that men could be victims of domestic violence too and that DV was reciprocal)…humanists all. Not feminists. Please do not be so painfully ignorant of history if you are going to speak out.

Feminism does not have a monopoly on women’s rights. To say so is ridiculous. You can be anti-feminist and still for women’s rights and equal standing in society. This idea that you can only be pro-women if you are a feminist is ridiculous and harmful to society at large, and promotes a black-and-white picture and a “if you’re not for us, you’re against us” mentality.

Sincerely,

An anti-feminist woman who is for equality and equity for all human beings, regardless of race, sex, sexuality, or station in life.