Friday 8 April 2011

Feminism, by Any Other Name, is Still a Rose.

There are some who believe that, since Feminism is meant to benefit all peoples, its name is sexist, as it appears to privilege one group of people, ie females. Some have suggested it should be named so as to reflect its broader range, eg humanism or peopleism (ok, I just made that up). Well, my answer is this; if we're gonna change Feminism to Peopleism, we're gonna have to change Mankind to Peoplekind.

I rest my case.

PS: And if we change Mankind to Peoplekind, somebody's gonna have to re-record the whole moonlanding - "one small step for..." - though, this shouldn't be too big a stretch if the moonlanding hoax theory is to be believed.

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