What's your opinion on feminists?

I can't generalize an entire group of people, some have just and fair views, some misuse their power and act like women do nothing wrong. However I think everyone is equal, and should be treated as such.

The only problem I have with feminist groups is that there are huge injustices happening to humans every day, men and women. I'd rather protest against human injustices altogether than just focus on women getting the rough deal (which they often do).

Don't get me wrong though, I think feminist issues are important, especially things like the right to have an abortion.

Well, that's my opinion.

I'm a third wave feminist, and I like feminism as long as it recognises intersectionality of oppression (such as ways that women are oppressed when they're also black, disabled, trans, etc), but there are second wave radical feminist that give us a really bad name. Glorifying vaginas (and other female sex organs) isn't helpful, because it excludes transwomen. Saying that men are the enemy isn't helpful either, because men can be feminists too, and making half the population your enemy pretty much guarantees the failure of your movement. Being against any type of consensual sex is ridiculous and problematic (though it's fine not to personally enjoy whatever kind of sex you don't enjoy), because shaming people for enjoying sex because you think it's somehow inherently sexist or gross is pretty much the opposite of sexual liberation. Criticising other cultures on feminist grounds can be problematic, too, since it's often done without a good understanding of the cultures in question, and it often has an air of western superiority.

Basically, I like sex-positive feminism, as long as it's sensitive to the needs of disabled, non-white, fat, LGBT (or otherwise queer), asexual/demisexual, and poor women of various religious beliefs or non-belief. I dislike feminism that focusses entirely (or almost entirely) on middle to upper class, able-bodied, cisgender (not trans), white women. I don't agree with feminists who ask other women to put their gender before their race, who shame bisexual women for having sex with men, who advocate political lesbianism (a non-lesbian woman deciding to only have sex with women for political reasons), who politicise eating disorders or speak for people with eating disorders (we can speak for ourselves, thank you very much), who harass or badmouth transwomen, or who demonise men as a gender. I also generally disagree with feminists who have rules about what it means to be a real feminist (you must not wear makeup, you must not conform to beauty standards, you must not diet, you must have a career, etc).

my brother is a feminist, I'm not and i'd rather people don't confuse them with man hating psychopaths because thats not what they are despite popular belief.

"feminist only means supporter of womans rights and not (much of) anything else. this isn1 enough information to fairly say anything about charecter.

Well, I am part of a feminist association. Not a big one, but we unite with other groups.

As we were only a couple men in the group we were not the best treated by some girls.

I got in thanks to a biology teacher. She had this... Despise for men. Or at least I though. She told me it wasn't that, that she was strict with everyone(not).
Well, after a year of going she really got close to us.

Not every girl was like that. Almost all were really friendly to us.

One thing I dslike about feminists is tha they want the good parts of equality but complain if they get the bad side of equality. I have never hit a woman in my life but if women want to be treated equal and a male hit a female just like they would a male for being in the males face then the female would usualy use the line "I'm a woman, you can't hit a woman". That line shows that they themselfes are sexist.

I'm all for equality but I like to make sure the females get complete equality instead of just the parts of equality they want (the positive eqality).

wanna hear a joke? men's rights.

"an atheist, a christian and a feminist walk into a bar..."
better stop that joke before i get slapped by a goth, god and a lot of irate women...
well, i think women are equal to men and have choices over themselves... most the issues that are being taken on by feminists are the 'yeah, no DUH' thnigs that are being held against for the sake of not changing or out-of-date views.
i hold doors open for women... and men.
i am probably a little nicer to women because i'm a total flirt... but i don't mean harm. it's merely an organic auto-imprinted response because i like women.
i refuse to think of women (or anyone else) as less than myself.
we all bleed the same colour, we all hurt and laugh... what's the big deal?

Eh... femmys not for me... to hard to get em in the sack

I'm a girl and I laugh at the kitchen jokes. Some women need to cool it a bit. Making sandwiches isn't the end of the world.

Feminists don't have a sense of humor. The veteran feminists of America went mad when Borat Sagdiyev of Kazakhstan told them about the discoveries made by Dr. Yamaka regarding the size of a woman's brain. Apart from this I do not see anything wrong with feminists or feminism. To each his own!

i have no problem with feminists. as long as they dont still expect a seat on the bus

It was tempting to vote that I hate feminists. I will add that I am a woman and I believe in equal opportunities and equal rights for both genders.

However my experience of strong feminism has been women who want better opportunities or more rights than men, and I totally disagree with that and it really angers me.

Forgive me for saying this, but you're not putting forth a logical, rational argument. In fact, you seem to be so worked up that you're rambling.

The poller is just saying that they hope you wouldn't bully anyone weaker than you - male, female or animal. History would dispute that there were no female geniuses eg Pasteur, but as her discoveries would not be recognised by the scienvific community, her husband put his name to a lot of her work. For this very same reason female authors used male names eg. George Elliott.

The ability of women was recognised shortly after World War 1. They had proved their abilities when they stepped into the jobs in the munition factories, internal pilots, farms, etc left vacant by the men. Then, they went home, ran their house and brought up their children. The mental ability of women can never be in doubt, as they coped with the loss of their husbands and yet successfully multi-tasked for their families and country. We all know men cannot juggle many mental tasks at the same time. Many of these women then stepped down from their new jobs to allow their men back into them when they returned from war, to increase the male self-esteem. Those whose husbands didn't return continued to work.

Personally, I can't be bothered with minority groups wanting more than their fair share of jobs etc and I understand why employers don't want to give young women a chance in case they start taking time off to have children. But, there are some very determined, career focused women out there, who deserve to reach the top of the ladder. Although, from teaching children I could say that they do this to the detriment of their children (but men too!)

I worked in various industries where I was told directly that I wouldn't be promoted as I was female eg. oil, abbattoir, etc but my attitude was 'your loss, I'm outa here!' Then I went and found another job before handing in my notice. However, you only climb so far, then you're told this, then another job, then you climb so far - snakes and ladders!

I'm very interested in feminist thinking.

Feminists are so annoying... They just want more rights to women and make them superior or something. They are not even trying to go for equal rights.

I think feminism is pretty sexy.

to me they represent women that are

strong (emotionally)
respect themselves
passionate
intelligent
forward thinking

I think what I like most about feminists is they seem to have more respect for themselves than most women.

idk. that's just me.

Feminists are just bulldykes who are bitter they can't get a boyfriend/husband and beta males who think "respecting women" will get them laid.

I don't mind feminists as long as they're defending their sex, not bitching the other.

If your a feminist your entitled to your beliefs. The only time I hate feminism is when they push it and make you seem like a dick or just acting like one of those crazy animal rights activists.

An organization aye? I didn't know they could fit that many ladies in a kitchen! LoL!!! Sorry I couldn't help myself.

I think the type of feminism the poll creator is referring to is ultimately to try to help women be better people in and guide them into more opportunities .I would do the same for a male. Women aren't lesser humans,however generally speaking women have their strengths and weaknesses as do men. We all have our roles to play as individuals,don't make it harder on yourself by trying to do what somebody else could do better.

I skipped over all the previous comments, but for me it's like this. Feminist fought for womens rights, thanks to feminists women HAVE rights. I am a woman, I want rights. I want to not be a second class citizen. I want to have the same amount of respect as a man. I don't call myself a feminist now, because I don't feel the need to, as I have rights and so far I haven't decided or needed to fight myself in that sense. But without feminism, I wouldn't have ANY of that. I have a huge amount of respect for those women, and I feel any women who don't are crazy and probably hypocrites. I feel it's very insulting to insult feminists as it's essentially insulting women as a whole.

I'm not fond of them considering they don't really advocate for equality in general, they advocate for female equality. I don't hate them because I understand some the ones I can't stand are the ones like my mom who put all men, guys and boys in the same boat, the "All men are horny pigs and the men are rapists etc. The feminists who just want to be seen as more, I like them. I personally view women as physical,intellectual,emotional, equals only difference is they have an inny we have outies.

i am not kidding when I say that Men are heading to where women were 50- years ago.
Lt me give examples.
50 yrs ago, men always took care of the homes finances, who does in your home?
50 yrs ago, men were intelligent, strong and decicive, in your femily, who's happines depends on who's?
I am NOT Homer Simpson, Peter Griffin etc. I am a man, and Am sick of being put down by society as the funny dumb ass drunk

I don't get the whole feminist thing. I've never thought of myself as below a man, but actually above men. Women who think lowly of themselves need more self esteem. You don't need to be a feminist to understand, that we are equal. That is a given.

There are different types of feminism, I believe. Some think that men and women should be equal. Others think men should be lesser, and I think these are the people that we often think of when we think of feminists. I am a feminist to the extent that I think men and women should be equal, and there's nothing wrong with that. I disagree with the concept of one gender being better than the other, whether it be men or women.

i like true feminist that actually want equal rights and not the crazies

I think there is inequality with both of the sexes but just in different areas.

I am all for equality. But I don't think I would liked to be called a feminist because that seems to suggest an emphasis on only the female aspect of it.

I guess the phrase to describe me is a sexual egalitarian.

I agree there is a difference between a femi-nazi and a feminist.

That's what I'm saying, if females aren't ready but the male is then the female can abort the baby without needing the fathers permission where as the father cannot do that.
I never said that if the male doesn't want to be the father then the woman has to have an abortion. What I said is that if the father doesn't want to be a father then they have to say so before the baby is born so that they have a choice to have a child or not and if the female wants to keep the child then she still can.

What exactly is a feminist?

I dislike anyone who tries to enforce their point of view on others.

I think being a feminist means something different to each woman. I don't like feminists who think they need to be more masculine to prove a point. That doesn't do the feminist movement any favors.