Reply #16: They've been taught that all feminists are man-hating dykes. [View All]

[RaleighNCDUer]

Never mind that militant lesbians are but a small segment of the feminist community. I consider myself a feminist, and I'm not even female.

Here, again, we've let the other side frame the debate.

It seems like it would be an easy attitude to counter. Ask what they think of equal pay, the right to choose, subservience to men, all the classic feminist issues, and most will favor them. Then simply state, 'this is what feminism is'.

Ask how they feel about Limbaugh calling women 'femiNazis', then break it down. What do Nazis believe? Are those beliefs in line with feminist beliefs?

The stereotype is that men are rational, and women emotional. But my experience is that women can be reached on a rational level much more easily than men, because men have their manhood vested in their arguments and losing an argument is a threat to their very being. A man would rather go down fighting than admit to being wrong. That is why I believe women are the hope of the democratic party. IMHO.