Why do people on here assume one is a feminist?

Question

If you have certain views regarding abortion/anything which isn't gender related why do peopel with conflicitng views think one is a feminist when one isn't?

Answer 1

You ARE a feminist.

Almost every answer I've seen you give supports the feminist view point. Therefore, you are a feminist.

How can you agree with everything Republicans say, then call yourself a Democrat?

Your a feminist.

EDIT: In regard to child birth.. I'll give the classic "female" answer to men. DON'T HAVE s*x!! YOU KNOW THE RISK.

Answer 2

I want to address the last edit to your question first. The v****a does NOT usually get cut in this day and age. Only an out of touch doctor will perform an episiotomy unnecessarily. Second if you have never had a child then how can you possible comment on what it "feels" like and how much "suffering" is involved?

You should look up the statistics on how many women have voluntary abortions after giving birth. Almost 0%, because they have enough sense to know its not a "fetus" as feminists like to call them, its a human baby. Abortion is a disgusting and only a truly heartless or simply ignorant person would ever consider having one unless its medically necessary.

You my dear lady are a feminist, maybe not by choice but by liberal media brainwashing that your parents didn't protect you against.

Answer 3

People like to group others together- and they aren't researching or allowing themselves to learn more about peoples opinions that differ from theirs.  If you have a different opinion, they will call you something they think is considered negative.  (which I do not think being a feminist is negative).  But as a liberal - pro choice- female- I get called a d**n hippie, femi-n**i, and un-American.  They just are scared of people who think and start with the name calling.  

Answer 4

Why do you say they DO?

Do you believe that women are human beings, and thus should have full human rights (such as self-determination)? If so, you're a feminist.

If you think women are a completely different species, then you're not.

If people see posts from you implying that women have the right to make their own life decisions for themselves, rather than being property of the government, then it's not a stretch to assume you're a feminist.

BTW, it's not just the birth that's at stake, but the months of stuff that happens during pregnancy, from hormonal wackiness, to not being able to get out of a chair, to having to pee every 3.8 seconds. In short, it's about WHO gets to control MY body.

BTW, giving birth through a p***s is not a good analogy. But it brings to mind one suggested by Robin Williams (yes, the comedian who's a guy): Passing a bowling ball through one's, uh, a**s. That's actually more apt than yours.

Answer 5

When a person's views generally match up with one party line or another, people tend to assume they're a member of that party, or at least a sympathizer. That's not unreasonable.

Answer 6

Actually abortion is a gender related issue. It is constantly billed as "a woman's right to choose" and men have no say. That makes it gender related.

And the majority of feminists tend to be pro-choice. I know, I was one for years. Thankfully, I have come to see the light and am now strictly pro-life.

Answer 7

Generally speaking, normal women can go either way on the subject of abortion , maybe leaning slightly toward pro-life.

Very few feminists deviate from the pro-choice, pro-abortion stance.

So it's not really outrageous that one might assume a pro-choicer is feminist.

Answer 8

The only reason for such a silly "pseudo-social science" to exist is because the large number of man-hating feminists who bring in a tremendous amount of traffic, i.e. reveune to Y!A thus bringing in more ad-dollars.

We don't have the technology for men to carry children to full gestation.  If we did, many men would be more than happy to do so.  This silly notion than pain is more easily tolerated by Feminists is rubbish.  The greatest "pains" (which are perceptions) are Femoral fracture, acute pancreatitis and SBO.  This is a well known fact (see Cope).

The fact that females give birth is a product of biology (not misogyny).  The notion that women are somehow stronger for being able to give birth is silly.  In a G5P4 female the pain of Labour & Delivery is nothing.  I can tell you this from personal experience as I've delivered 2.4 kg children from such mothers and the child simply slides out of the vaginal vault without trouble nor episiotomy.  This notion that childbirth is the most painful of all experiences is the delusion of Feminism with is predicated on hatred of the foetus and the man.

Answer 9

I think the stereotyping goes both ways. You're either classified as a Feminist, or an Anti-Feminist... There seems to be no middle ground...

Your analogy is hardly applicable. Women suggesting a man having to pass a child through his p***s as equivalent shares about as much commonality as suggesting a women attempt to pass one through one of her nostrils. Women's uterus must dilate so as to offer a passage able to expel the baby. I fail to see where if a man were biologically capable of doing such a thing, there would be a difference...

Answer 10

I don't assume anything about you other than what you might write.

"Men, if you had to suffer pregnancy and give birth through your p***s would you think it fair that it wasn't your choice whether to carry on or not?"

Unlike the v****a, the p***s isn't designed to give birth through.

Dishonest question.

Also, not all women consider pregnancy as something you "suffer" with. Believe it or not, many women are ecstatic to be pregnant and see it as a blessing.