Wow, not the reaction I thought this thread would get.
I want to say a few things.
I feel that I am a feminist and I do see much disadvantage to women where I am. I am also a masculinist and I see a lot of disadvantage towards men where I am. I do not see that it is at all important who is more disadvantaged as all of the disadvantage is sexist and should be universally opposed.
I hear lots of sexist comments from young women over the last 10 years, 'because I'm a girl' is a phrase I've heard countless times to denote special privaledge in all sorts of arenas though most often in social situations or relationships. I see lots of t-shirts with logos saying things like 'boys are stupid' and so on. Their main comment if I pull them up on it is that as men have discriminated against women in the past then they deserve it! There is also a much lower unemployment rate amongst young women in the area BUT... they are all service and counter jobs! This is still sexism though isnt it.
Sure there are subsets in any ideology that are extreme to the point of nonsense and they can hurt the cause.
Surely we all should be ready to fight discrimination and inequality wherever they are if we want to not be discriminated against or to be judghed unequal?
