I am most probably the one that "hijacked" J-Go's thread a "ticky," and for that I apologize.

To answer your questions in less than a novel-sized response is near impossible. As we know feminists date back as far as the 18th century. But to me, there is a big difference between "Women's Liberation" in an era where women were to be seen and not heard, to the modern day "Feminist Movement," where a group of misandrist plotted to do away with men altogether. I am speaking of the radicals, who gave feminists the "bad name."

There were "strong" women in all eras and their names went down in history. They rebelled against patriarchy, where women had their names dirtied by men for "taking a stand." Mary Magdolene might be one such woman, who was falsely accused of being a "prostitute" by the patriachy, because of her political beliefs and for speaking her mind.

Anway, I shant go off on a tangent; however, if by definition a "feminist" is one who believes that women have the right to speak their minds, vote their political conscience, hold the same positions and earn the same wages as a man, etc., then I, too, am a feminist, along with Elenor Roosevelt, Amelia Earhart, Dorothy Parker, Helen Keller and a plethora of other strong leaders in history.

On the other hand, if it means beating men down to nothingness and obliterating them entirely, then I am not a feminist. If I have to agree that a woman is nothing but a "man's slave" if she so chooses to be a homemaker and stay-at-home mom, then I disagree wholeheartedly with their plight.

As I stated in the "other" thread, women have gained the right to go out and work 8 and 12 hours a day and then come home and cook, clean, do laundry, ready the kids for bed, etc. and still have the energy to be sexy for her man. This statement was posted half jokingly, but in part, is truth, because a lot of men have yet to catch up with the "feminist movement" and still believe that the above mentioned are "women's chores."

As was once thought by men that they did not need women for anything other than sex and to bear children, it is now fact that women do not need men...even for that.

Being a homemaker, wife, mother, used to be a noble profession, and it's been proven that a man could not afford to pay a homemaker's worth in salary. Unfortunately, it is, of course, near impossible for a man to have the luxury of a homemaker with today's ecomonomy. That's a whole other story, though.

In "fighting" for women's rights in such a radical way, I believe we, as women have given up a great deal of our right to femininity and until we stop using the word "fight" (as someone much more intelligent than I stated) we will continue to be at war.

*laughing* I probably didn't answer but one of your questions. Sorry.