Kindly comments on Factions, inequality, and social justice - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Kindly 04 December 2012 03:01:00AM 18 points [-]

Once you describe "feminine" as "nurturing, compassionate, cooperative and socially-conscious" and define feminism as a movement to protect all things feminine, I think you have gone far beyond what most people mean by either word.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 04 December 2012 03:32:13AM 4 points [-]

Actually "nurturing, compassionate, cooperative and socially-conscious" is pretty close to the definition of "feminine" traditionalists use when arguing in favor of separate spheres for men and women.

Comment author: Multiheaded 04 December 2012 03:37:27AM 5 points [-]

In other words, traditionalists deny men the right/obligation to be nurturing, compassionate, cooperative and socially-conscious - exactly like feminists always say. Lol.

Comment author: TimS 04 December 2012 03:50:46AM 6 points [-]

As Eugine_Nier just stated, it isn't the feminists who want to place "nurturing, compassionate, cooperative and socially-conscious" solely within the label "feminine."

If we could stop labeling virtues by sex, that would be a definite improvement.