posted on August 4, 2004 05:24:50 AM new
I have heard newly divorced Rush Limbaugh use the term. It is a woman who asserts herself so as not to be a second class individual? Is it a woman who controls her own destiny?
It seems that some men don't like the way some assertive woman are. Could they be insecure about their manhood?
I have a female friend who I would consider probably my best friend. She doesn't allow anyone to push her in any way. We get along fine.
There nowadays are many female police officers who are assertive. Are they feminazis?
posted on August 4, 2004 05:49:45 AM new
What is the opposite of a feminazis?
True Americans do not exclude anybody. They recognize that everyone should have the same rights. Bigotry, intolerance and hatred are cancers of the mind.
posted on August 4, 2004 06:11:34 AM new
A feminazi is a woman who pushed a radical feminist agenda at every opportunity, even when it's not necessary or inappropriate.
As far as I'm aware, Rush invented the word, and it's actually in the dictionary now (he of course, never fails to mention this). At the time, the people he was using the word to describe certainly fit the definition.
I don't know what he's been saying lately, as I rarely listen to him anymore.
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posted on August 4, 2004 06:40:22 AM new
replay you have it right... of course you forgot to mention, most men who don't recognize a feminazis are the ones who have to ask those same women to let them have their balls back once in awhile just to make sure they are still men...
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posted on August 4, 2004 12:39:34 PM new
Twelve never seems to amaze me with his shallow insight. The problem with terms like feminazi is that it gets used just as much as words like "ultra-liberal", "neo-con", "radical", "McJob", etc.
They are simply terms that were used one time to describe a person. Then because that one word or phrase is so well enjoyed (whether for a good laugh or to make a point) it becomes over used. After it is used too often, it becomes used to describe people that do not come close to qualifying as that definition. This is where stereotyping goes wrong. Stereotypes are based generally on factual information, but what happens is that a group of people get stereotyped based on them being part of the group, rather than their own personality.
Case in point...
Two college roommates: Both were Jewish. They were so opposite of each other based on personality. One met all of the stereotypes given to jews, while the other met none. Of course, this is my personal experience, and someone else may have a completely different experience with the same two people.
My point of this is that stereotypes are created from a history of experiences with people of similar backgrounds. The problem is that stereotypes are so broad that two people who are nothing alike, but share one common ideology get grouped together under one stereotype.
I can guarantee you that Rush Limbaugh was not the inventor of the term, "feminazi" just like Al Gore wasn't the creator of the Internet. Al Gore worked to fund the Internet and championed its use for the general public, Rush may be responsible for popularizing the term, but he was most definately not the creator of the term. Kind of like how Eric Clapton gets all the credit for his most popular songs, but it was people like Bob Marley and JJ Cale who wrote many of them.
When I was working I listened to him quite a bit but now I don't know where to find him on the radio so I just forget as I have my fvorite radio stations to listen to like Clark Howard.
