tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030524404080990270.post2203117070976948043..comments2024-01-09T02:26:08.897-06:00Comments on heroine jones: Defining FeminismAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17356175889606029668noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7030524404080990270.post-34873571363736594872015-01-17T09:17:08.441-06:002015-01-17T09:17:08.441-06:00Found your blog because of a post on Hozier, and h...Found your blog because of a post on Hozier, and had to keep reading. I am one of those who refuse to call myself a feminist, mainly because I think it's swinging the pendulum in the opposite direction (in today's world). I'm an equalist, and I'm proud to stand up for both women's and men's rights. I think that we often get so blinded to our own struggles that we forget that others face them as well. <br /><br />As an author, the nuances between men and women - from sexuality to professional interactions - all speak to the decades of women who have fought for equal rights, and that there's still a way to go. The problem is how to be treated as an equal without losing our femininity. I for one do not want to become a "man with boobs" (as so often seen in strong female characters in novels, where the gender could easily be changed without altering the story at all). I like the girly aspects of my character, and I think that if we forget that "equal does not mean identical" then it becomes an easy trap to fall into. <br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06163811559148744659noreply@blogger.com