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Feminism needs to be renamed (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by EfreetSK@lemmy.world to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

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Apparently this is an unpopular opinion among feminists. If feminism is about equality for everyone, it needs to address that. As an example, LGBTQ+ was extended many times to cover everyone in the community, and that's the right thing to do. There isn't just L and everyone repeats "Oh! Lesbians are for rights for everyone, no need to update that"

I don't know what the new name should be, but it should cover gender equality for everyone.

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[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Right, but didn't that get folded into and shape the overall concept of modern feminism? And isn't that why OP thinks the label should be changed (even though the term and concept exist today)?

[–] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I think you're referring fourth wave feminism. I'll say that I know very little about it, but it seems not to be have the level of thought behind it found in second wave, third wave, or crt. That may change, but I think most people working on the field are rigorously extending previous waves. So I wouldn't call fourth wave a replacement for previous waves therefore making it any more modern other than it's origin is more recent.

My next question would be, is it truly integrated into a theory or is it just added to an set of beliefs picked from both second and third wave. Honestly, I have no clue.