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Old 01-14-2015, 08:59 AM   #610 (permalink)
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I think modern brands of feminism like Jezebel-type click bait are largely an internet phenomena. Mysogonists and mysandrists argue with each other over the internet and pool up with like minded people until there's enough of them to manifest some non-internet event, but how representative are they of feminism. Many of them actually criticize mainstream feminism as being too "soft", automatically marginalizimg thenselves.
I think this is true as well. The squeaky wheel gets the oil. Although I think us classic feminists are the majority, it's the louder subgroups that cause hesitancy in labeling oneself with the F word.
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