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[Djinn]

and they've been called ignorant, stupid, people who bludge off other women's work etc etc

For me it probably mainly comes down to a PR background (don't flog me only ever worked for NFP's) and that I hate the word I don't feel it fits my perspective - whatever the dictionary meaning - and clearly other people here don't follow the dictionary meaning, some people have said they think it's stupid for men to call themselves feminsts - doesn't seem to be so when one takes the dictionary meaning - why can't men support equal rights?

I know Liberal's (in Aust the Lib are the conservative party) who will not call themselves Lib now because of the anti-aboriginal, anti-refugee, anti-human rights and anti-muslim crap spewed by the current lib admin, technically they shouldn't have a problem calling themselves Lib's because the MEANING of the actual word hasn't changed, but they FEEL like it has.

I just don't see why women who advocate choice get so snippy when people don't readily identify with the word feminism - that doesn't mean we work any less than the rest of you for access to birth control, equal pay, decent jobs (in Aust almost all crappy casual jobs are held by women) etc and it's patronising and insulting for some to suggest that's the case.