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From: rshapiro@arris.com (Richard Shapiro)
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: Let X = X (was: feminism & simplification)
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Date: 14 Jan 91 20:25:27 GMT
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In article <9101072033.AA28225@easynet.crl.dec.com> baranski@meridn.enet.dec.com (Jim Baranski) writes:

>My definition of a feminist is someone who advances the welfare of
>women (often without regard for the welfare of men).

And subsequently, in a response to an article of mine:

>Funny, I have meet a lot of feminists who are not interested in
>understanding what a male role is, and who are only interested in
>defining the female role regardless of it's impact on men. 

Obviously if you define the word feminist as you do, every feminist
you meet will have the interests you describe -- your definition
simply won't allow any other interests to count as "feminist". This is
tautological reasoning that doesn't get anywhere.

rs