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From: marla@Eng.Sun.COM (Marla Parker)
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: Re: Is there a definition of Feminism?
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Date: 8 Oct 90 22:53:13 GMT
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In article <86828@aerospace.AERO.ORG> gcf@mydog.UUCP writes:
>judy@altair.la.locus.com (Judy Leedom Tyrer):
>>
>>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.
>
>The problem with this sort of definition is that it covers only
>part of feminism.

This "part" of the definition seems to be the only common idea
that everyone includes in their definition of feminism.

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