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From: jet@karazm.math.uh.EDU ("J. Eric Townsend")
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: Re: Is there a definition of Feminism?
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Date: 19 Sep 90 16:54:07 GMT
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In article <17365@oolong.la.locus.com> judy@altair.la.locus.com (Judy Leedom Tyrer) writes:
>feminism (n) - the belief that women and men should be allowed equal
>	opportunities within society and that these opportunities should
>	not be based on social prejudices based upon sexual stereotypes.

How many of us consider this an aspect of "egalitarianism"?

Then again, why are we arguing about semantics?  Will it make a difference
to J. Random Sexist what we call ourselves?

[I don't believe we're arguing about semantics, at least not yet.
Someone asked for a definition of a term that has *many* definitions! --CLT]

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