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Lisa Sandford stands for “equality and freedom.” She loves the men in her life, but in no way thinks women are the weaker sex. She appreciates that she has choices in life and, when the time comes, she plans to be a stay at home mother.

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By the dictionary definition, the 22-year-old from Melbourne, Australia, is a feminist — she believes in equality for the sexes. And yet, she rejects feminism with a vengeance, brushing it off as a “rude and nasty” movement that is more interested in trashing views that stray from the party line even if, at day’s end, the cause is common.

“If feminism really accepted equality, they would not tell me my views are wrong, they would accept it and let me be,” she said in an email exchange with the National Post this week.

During an online search a few months ago, she found Women Against Feminism, a Tumblr page that collects submitted photos of women holding signs explaining why they don’t “need” feminism. A typical sign: “I don’t need modern “feminism” because I am not a victim and I am not a misandrist.”