What is a Male Feminist?
I thought I might start my first blog post here on So to Speak thinking about feminism from a male perspective (the only perspective I have). What is a male feminist? Instead of just getting my take on things though I thought it would be more interesting to go out and ask four random people, 2 female and 2 male, what their thoughts are on the matter. Their ages (18, 20, 20, 23) actually worked out to hopefully give us a good look of what we might expect to find across the board, but I thought it would be more interesting if I didn’t tell you who said what. See if you can guess.
In your own words, how would you define a male feminist? What specifically makes him a feminist?
- “A man that thinks women should have equal rights as men. Asks practical advice of men and women. Believes both pay and opportunities, social and work, should be the same.”
- “I never thought about it before. I guess a male who supports women’s rights. I don’t want to make too big of a generalization, but I believe they would take more of a ‘female’ role in a relationship, if they’re in a relationship, doing a lot of the cooking and cleaning. Maybe he’d go to all the protests.”
- “He is more understanding. He puts women on a pedestal when it comes to rights.”
- “A male struggling for women’s rights. He probably pushes it politically. I mean, women feminists are extreme, so a male feminist must be really extreme.”
How many of your male friends would you consider to be feminists?
- 2, and maybe 0.5% of the whole population
- None
- Half to 2/3
- 1 or 2
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