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• The problem is porn as that it is f***ing everywhere and 99.9% of it is male fantasy. Now there's nothing wrong with males and our fantasies, but when it comes to dominate the scene so extensively it can cause confusion
  (posted to Why Won't Those Big Mean Feminists Let Me Have My Naked Playboy Fun?)
• Mary_Fred has a good point, but we're still looking at a company known for depicting "Princess/protagonist marries prince/savior and they live happily every after!" as the conclusion to almost all of it's major films. Little girls watch this, idealize it,
  (posted to Can you say, ew?)
• "It was totally empowering. It's great to be able to use your body as a tool." ?!?!?!?!? This to me is an utter contradiction. To me empowerment isn't really about power, or at least not power over others, but rather
  (posted to Women in PETA)
• Often people fail to realize that rape isn't horrible just because of how violent it might be, but because of how it violates a person's right to their body, and not to participate just because somebody else want's it. A
  (posted to Dear Prudence, he tickles me. (Dear Prudence, he assaults me.))
• Clearly she's still stuck thinking of feminine and masculine as two fundamental opposites. I've found this to be the basis of all patriarchal thinking. It's interesting that she's talking about people having both masculine and feminine sides, but ultimately making
  (posted to Sometimes, you don't have to read the article...)

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• 'But with new pro-sexiness, pro-sweetness, pro-balance words like "feminine-ist" and "feminine-ism," what's not for a man to love?' *blink* Because it's all about the men, right? I have no desire to be 'sexy' or 'sweet' and I'm doing fine in (posted to Sometimes, you don't have to read the article...)
• "As a card-carrying "feminine-ist," I am here to tell you that ***feeling sexy is what helps me to be my most powerful and successful self****, and being powerful and successful also helps me feel damn sexy!" (**** mine) hahahahahahhaaha. hilariously (posted to Sometimes, you don't have to read the article...)
• That is what bothers me most about this "feminine-ism" crap, that it's all about *choosing* to feel as though you are empowered by a subjective judgement made of how you look & behave by heterosexual, cis-gendered men. When did that (posted to Sometimes, you don't have to read the article...)
• I'm glad this was posted. My mum, gran and brother used to hold me down and tickle me and I hated it. Another thing in my family was to grab people's knees in a way that was both ticklish and (posted to Dear Prudence, he tickles me. (Dear Prudence, he assaults me.))
• UGH! THAT and "dont have to lose your feminine side to be a feminist" WHO said that one had to?? It just doesnt make any sense. It seems like she has NO IDEA what it is to be a feminist, (posted to Sometimes, you don't have to read the article...)

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