
Originally Posted by
Elin
Yeah, the word has almost come to have a dirty meaning nowadays because of some of the more extreme people out there. :/
The ridiculous thing is that their actions are actually hurting the struggle for women's rights. Early arguments against women having the vote basically said that they were too emotional and not capable of rational thought. Women worked for years to expel those stereotypes and prove themselves intellectual equals to men. So what do radical feminists do? Act like creatures who are... er... too emotional and not capable of rational thought, and give those who are genuinely sexist the perfect tool with which to discredit feminism entirely. One hundred or more years of amazing work by amazing people discredited because of the crazy words and actions of a group of bitter, ugly people whose ideology would probably make most real feminists cringe.
Yes, in case you can't tell, radical feminists are not my favourite people on the planet. :'D