I’m a cis male and I believe in the importance of feminism, but I hesitate to call myself a feminist because it seems like there is a presumption of understanding women’s experiences as if I was part of the Me Too movement. In some binary sense given how hateful and shitty men can be I’m absolutely a feminist, but I wouldn’t declare myself to be one. What is your standpoint?

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    I’m not. Because I find that the movement possesses extremist views and perspectives that I simply cannot follow.

    I do support the rights for women to have abortions, their body their choice, to have more equality and other things and I don’t support misogyny. But I also do not condone the idea that men are all bad because a woman experienced just a couple of bad apples. I don’t think women should have advantageous edges over men, because again, the idea is about equality, not about getting a leg over someone based on gender.

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        No I don’t. You didn’t read a god damn fucking thing I’ve said, you just wanted to sound righteous you tone-deaf moron. See? YOU are what’s wrong. YOU are the one projecting this extremist kind of bullshit and putting it into practice. YOU!

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          Sorry, I must have been misled by the way you parrots mens’ rights talking points such claiming feminists believe

          that men are all bad because a woman experienced just a couple of bad apples.

          and that

          women should have advantageous edges over men

          But I can see from your measured and articulate response that you are definitely not one of those men who overreact and might be considered a bad apple.