Feminism is, in essence, a social justice movement—it wants to take the
side of the alienated and the marginalized, and that includes alienated
and marginalized men. Please stop turning us against you.
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Feminism isn't about striving for individual fairness, on a life-by-life basis—it's about fighting against a systematic removal of opportunity that infringes on women's basic freedoms. If a woman and a man have
equal potential in a field, they should have an equal opportunity to
achieve success in that field. It's not that we want the least qualified
women to be handed everything just because they're women. It's that we
want all women to have the same opportunities as all men to fulfill (or
fail to fulfill, on their own inherent merits) their potential.
by Lindy West
