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Question

...... only women? Could a man be a feminist?

Answer 1

My working definition of a feminist is &quot;Somebody who believes everybody should be treated equally.&quot;

Could a man believe that? Of course!

As a corollary to your update, could a woman not believe that? Yes.

Answer 2

I&#039;ve known male feminists, but never met a &quot;life long&quot; male feminist. Most of them turn their back on it eventually once they see the common hypocrisy and general indifference many feminists have for the welfare of MEN.

Answer 3

here;s a list of Feminists from Wiki ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fem...

It includes Thomas Paine,  John Stuart Mill,  Freiderich Engels,  and some other men, so I assume the answer is YES

Answer 4

Um yes. Youll find that half of equality advocates are, in fact, men.

-daughter of a feminist man, fiancee of another

Answer 5

A TRUE  FEMINIST..will burn her bra in protest.....how can a man be a feminist when they cant even take off a bra !..they fumble trying to take it off ..LET ALONE BURN IT.. so nope for that case alone men cant be femenist..HOW EVER they can be, AFEMINET...

Answer 6

Hitchhiker is right... Its against the law for a man to be a feminist, punishable by a fine not to exceed $200,000 and a prison term of 8 to 15 years.

Answer 7

LOL!  I used to support feminism until I studied it on two undergrad modules. Now I know that a man supporting feminism is either ignorance or masochism. Check out what feminism is really about here... http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

... and you will see what I mean.

Answer 8

Yes, men can be feminists...

Answer 9

Of course a man could be a feminist. It&#039;s not common, but it&#039;s doable.

Answer 10

Andrea Dworkin&#039;s husband is a typical male feminist, a homosexual that rejects masculinity.

Answer 11

There were male suffragists so why not.

Surely anyone who thinks equality is a good thing would support anti-discriminatory policies whether they were put forward by a woman or a man.

Answer 12

Sure im a feminist and a male! I love women in general...some of them are a pain in the A$$ though.

Edit: Obviously the men above me don&#039;t like women seeing as TRUE feminism is nothing but love and respect for women. They will come out of their closets soon though and then maybe they won&#039;t be so angry.

Answer 13

Only if a man wishes to be emasculated and/or eradicated in short order.

Answer 14

Surely I am one of those.  Back to my childhood I always took sides against any abuse or discrimination against females.   I have always been attracted to assertive and confident women.  I learned to change our baby´s nappies and to do duties of housework.

I cannot understand that so many women still believe that men are born to be their leaders. And I think that it could be equally natural if a woman is in charge in the marriage or relationship, with her husband taking her last name and being in a supportive role.

Yes, I am one of those pervs as Celtish has put it (as you can see from my avatar!).  I would call me a confessing feminist.  And I know quite a number of similar guys.

Answer 15

I was a feminist in my naive youth.  I still recognize that the motives, for the most part, are good.

Answer 16

Feminism is loosely defined as a set of political and social beliefs centered around a vaguely defined set of goals

So a man can have a belief system that includes these goals and therefore be a feminist

The only problem is, there is no representative group considered the embodiment of &quot;feminism&quot; nor is there a universally recognized set of goals for feminism

Answer 17

My husband is a feminist.

A feminist is simply one who believes men and women are equal.

I want the same pay men get if I&#039;m just as talented. I also think a man has the right to hit a woman who has attacked him.

If you want to be equal, you can&#039;t be a psycho b*tch.

Answer 18

I&#039;m a feminist, and i must say I&#039;ve been treated rottenly horridly, I&#039;m sad and lonely

they will hurt on me, why do they insist on punishing me so?

Answer 19

My school feminist club has about 6 regular members, two of whom are male. So yes, I&#039;d say a man can be a feminist.

Answer 20

Few women are into feminism. They know better. They prefer to remain free-thinking individuals rather than be absorbed into the herd-mind collective called feminism.

Any man who thinks he is a feminist is a perv.

Celt-Ish of the House of Ish

An Equalist

Answer 21

In principle, but some people would call him a pro-feminist man rather than a feminist.

Answer 22

I believe there is a federal law that probits men from this.  They have a seperate society.

Answer 23

Delusion is universal. Sure, some rare men who have no other hopes of getting &quot;it&quot; become femminists, and by the time they realize that they dont get it in that camp either, its prolly too late.

Edit : Gosh - I guess nobodys getting Hitchhiker&#039;s sarcasm or they wouldnt be TDing him !