1 Ooohh, it really IS just the radical notion that women are people! All this time I thought it was a political ideology that advocated specific, leftist policies!! DOY!

2 Well, perhaps you're being a little bit semantic.

3 Dave, congratulations on successfully setting up a straw man to knock down. As I wrote: "Feminist" can simply mean that you are an advocate for equal rights for women. [emphasis added] In fact, that's the number one generic definition of feminism: belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes. Of course, there are many competing ideas and perspectives under the umbrella of "feminism," some of which could be described as "leftist policies." What I find interesting is that because of this, many people have a knee-jerk reaction to the concept of feminism as a whole. I also find it interesting how during this episode, so many people (not including you here) have posited that sexism essentially doesn't exist. Is there a middle ground between "sexism is to blame for everything" and "sexism doesn't exist and all feminists are radical men-hating left-wingers"? I'd like to think so.