Friday, November 11, 2011

Does this sound alright?

Though I greatly appreciate what feminism has done, I no longer consider myself a feminist, or want to be labeled as one. In the past, I had been focusing on women's issues, rather than issues we all have as human beings. I do not believe that in this day and age we will achieve equality by empowering one single group. It is like a never ending battle of the es, and it is exhausted now. I believe we should be empowering each other. Maybe we would be better off if we looked at everyone and saw ourselves; another regular human being with fears, faults, and insecurities. Values, capacities, and worth. Not one gender is superior, nor inferior. Since I have realized this, I have become a happier, more peaceful person. Though I have still misanthropic tendencies, I simply love people, which is why I feel practicing humanism is far more productive than feminism.

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