Comments on: The Problem With Feminism http://www.femilicious.com/blog/2005/09/29/the-problem-with-feminism/ Fri, 18 May 2012 08:01:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Emma http://www.femilicious.com/blog/2005/09/29/the-problem-with-feminism/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Emma Mon, 21 Nov 2005 20:03:33 +0000 http://www.femilicious.com/blog/2005/09/29/the-problem-with-feminism/#comment-188 I've heard variations on this argument, although rarely so convincingly argued. However, I always come back to Paula Kamen's words on this subject: "A natural response is to change the word feminist to a word with fewer stigmas attached. But inevitably the same thing will happen to that magical word. Part of the radical connotation of feminism is not due to the word, but to the action. The act of a woman standing up for herself is radical, whether she calls herself a feminist or not." I’ve heard variations on this argument, although rarely so convincingly argued. However, I always come back to Paula Kamen’s words on this subject:

“A natural response is to change the word feminist to a word with fewer stigmas attached. But inevitably the same thing will happen to that magical word. Part of the radical connotation of feminism is not due to the word, but to the action. The act of a woman standing up for herself is radical, whether she calls herself a feminist or not.”

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