Join the Feminists (Aparna Singh)

I often meet people whom I would call feminist - they respect women and their choices, they treat women as people with independent minds, accept equal pay, question traditional norms of how women are supposed to be and so on. But many such people shy away from calling themselves feminist because they think the term is somehow equivalent to hating men, or bra-burning. Well, some news. Its not. Bra-burning for instance was a symbolic act performed by some women in a particular context. That doesn’t mean it represents all things feminist, or is equal to feminism. continue... Anil, The article writer is very confused. He thinks modern women should jump into bed the minute a guy buys them a coffee. If that doesn't happen, his hormones are frustrated and wants to blame women's equal rights movement for it. Not surprising, I find lots of young men, including my nephews also in the same boat. This is nothing to do with women asking to be paid the same as a male employee at work, etc. Does he think women who don't ask for equal rights are more easily convinced to have sex with him on the first date? That's a silly idea.