Lately the topic of feminism has come up quite often in my life, and i started to ponder exactly who are the feminists and what are their core policies. It seems everyone wants to be labelled or associated with feminism, but i think we need to take a step back and really evaluate what exactly is feminism, especially to feminists. The problem is that once a label gets popular, everybody starts running around acting like they own it, while half of them can’t even explain what it means

The question popped into my head while i was watching an old “Politically Incorrect” show hosted by Bill Maher, where they were debating the topic of feminism with self proclaimed feminists Micheal Moore, Sandra Bernhard, Christina Hoff Sommers and Yancy Butler. Now these three women couldn’t even agree on their feminist values, so how can we take any feminism seriously if all feminists around the world all have a different idea of what feminism truly is?

Christina Hoff Sommers is often regarded as an anti-feminist, but she is more of a traditional feminist who believes men and women should have equal rights to education and careers while still recognizing a great distinction between man and woman. Sandra Bernhard is more radical, saying there is very little distinction between man and woman, while Yancy Butler takes the most obnoxious “you go grrrl” attitude of all.

I’ve recently talk to a few women between the ages of 23 to 27 and they all had one main theme in common: they are tired of feminists shoving feminism down their throat. One of them, a 26-year-old doctor in residency, surprised me the most because she had more of a Christina view point, believing women shouldn’t be restricted in doing anything, but strongly believing in traditional gender roles. But my point is, if a room full of feminists can’t even agree to disagree on every facet of feminism