Might help also to describe what you think feminism is, since it’s one of those terms that is overloaded.

I once had a physical therapist tell me she wasn’t a feminist because she thought women couldn’t be as physically capable as men when serving as soldiers, and seemed to believe feminism requires treating women exactly like men.

I told her I was a feminist because I believe in equal rights for men and women, an idea she did not seem so opposed to.

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    11 days ago

    From my feminist perspective, I want similar pay for similar tasks and experience, so your point could be construed, I think, as reductionist of all feminisms. I don’t know any feminist in my circles that would argue that a man willing to do a dangerous job should be paid less to be equal to a woman doing a safer version of the job for example. The problem is that where I’m from, a woman and a man with the same diploma don’t have similar salaries for the same job.