Erica Jong Defends Feminist Revolution

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3. "To call oneself a feminist means giving up femininity, whatever that's supposed to be."

Isn't it condescending to say that whole groups of people can't be feminists because you judge them to care too much about their appearance?

If a woman, or a man, wants their body to look a certain way, while also wanting equal pay and wanting to control their own destiny --who are you to suggest they can't be a feminist?

When we talk about empowerment, I think a theme I see in these feminist wave discussions are some people saying that, mostly younger women, don't get to be feminists unless they subscribe to the rather arbitrary definitions of some older feminists.

Well, doesn't that sound like people telling young women what to do, instead of them choosing themselves?