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From: cel@cs.duke.EDU (Christopher Emery Lane)
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: Re: Is there a definition of Feminism?
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Date: 9 Oct 90 15:29:54 GMT
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In article <1190@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> marla@Eng.Sun.COM (Marla Parker) writes:
>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.

>Marla Parker		(415) 336-2538
>marla@eng.sun.com

There used to be something called the "Women's Movement", or the
"Women's Liberation Movement".  I don't know too much about the
shades of distinction between these and early feminism, but
I think that they adequately cover the ground that the gcf@mydog
is concerning about including.  However, to me it is important to
maintain the distinction between the women's movement and feminism,
not least because I believe feminism speaks to men as well.

Well, rah, rah, gotta go work, have a good day all,

Chris

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