[Niall]

Originally Posted by MTVN

I agree with this and would tend to stay out of discussions about it, and therefore I would not generally identify myself with the 'feminist' tag because it often implies a level of political activism over women's rights that I don't engage in

As Smithy said, your level of immersion within feminist movements decides on how politicised you become. If you don't want to get into gender based arguments and discussions, then that's an entirely separate thing to being a feminist. Though it may help the cause of feminism, being a feminist doesn't carry with it a responsibility to engage in its discourse.

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Smithy

not necessarily, if you believe in complete equality for the sexes, then it's as simple as that

Originally Posted by Niall

As Smithy said, your level of immersion join feminist movements decides on how politicised you become. If you don't want to get into gender based arguments and discussions, then that's an entirely separate thing to being a feminist. Though it may help the cause of feminism, being a feminist doesn't carry with it a responsibility to engage in its discourse.

Sure of course the fundamental principles of 'feminism' are all well and fine but it is a very broad church with a lot of infighting, disagreements etc. and the tag often carries very political connotations that I'd rather not associate myself with