{"id":1581,"date":"2013-04-18T16:13:27","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T10:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asap-asia.org\/blog\/?p=1581"},"modified":"2014-02-07T12:04:21","modified_gmt":"2014-02-07T06:34:21","slug":"the-f-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asap-asia.org\/blog\/the-f-word\/","title":{"rendered":"The F Word!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s the new F word – Feminism.<\/p>\n

Very often, when you tell someone you are feminist they look at you like you must be a frustrated man-hater or maybe a home-breaker, or a jilted woman in need of sympathy and attention. <\/p>\n

To avoid this, women tend not to talk about feminism except when in circles that already understand. In other company, feminists sometimes reveal their identity a little apologetically.<\/p>\n

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There is also a tendency among women who misunderstand feminism to quickly tell people they are not feminist, like it were the plague. And as an article in Feminsiting<\/a> points out, they are a huge problem! Here’s an excerpt: <\/p>\n

The obvious ilk to blame for feminism\u2019s shitty PR is anti-feminists. We can certainly trace the specific lineage of believing women are inferior to men to a conservative line of thinking on gender and power \u2014 which ultimately led to the feminist backlash, spreading untrue rumors about bra-burning, rebel rousers that wanted to castrate men (or however it goes).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And how do we deal with them? Here’s a much-needed subversive message: some feminist pride, that will help. Share it widely and celebrate being a feminist today! Our audience on Facebook is already doing just that!<\/p>\n

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