The answer for me is very nuanced.
I consider myself to be a
#NastyGentleman -- I tell it like it is.
If we're talking about the definition of "classical feminism" -- yes, I support systemic reforms so that women attain equality with men in areas such as the workplace, our nation's courtrooms, medical access, etc.
However, I
don't subscribe to the third-wave-esque mindsets of "neofeminism" -- which is essentially a trendy doctrine of "female exceptionalism." It is a supposition that women "in general" have superior judgment and skill level compared to men in most areas of life, and, for that reason, males should be deferential to females in a majority of cases. This warped worldview is harbored, for example, by many of the women on
The Talk (and, to a lesser extent, some of the women on
The View). It's the type of mentality that frames #MeToo from a gynocentric perspective, such as Minnie Driver's comments from two years ago.
One example of how the concept of "feminism" gets warped: last season, on
Shahs of Sunset, M.J. Javid bragged about how -- in her prenuptial agreement -- she'd convinced her then-fiance to agree to a contract where she would be entitled to half of his property
if they divorced, but he would be entitled to 0% of her property
if they divorced. She then proceeded to refer to this arrangement, on-camera, as a "feminist" principle.
However, it isn't just high-profile female celebrities who vapidly absorb such dogma. I see/hear it oozing from girls/women outside of the public sphere in everyday life. And if you call them out on it, you get accused of "mansplaining" (or, if you're a female calling out another female on it, you get accused of being a "self-loathing" gender-traitor).
So, in other words: some people would call me a "feminist" while others would call me a "misogynist."
I self-identify as
NEITHER.
