Thank you for saying this, Phoebe. It helps to hear this on occasion, especially as a mostly heterosexual male with rather specific aesthetic tastes in women who still fancies himself a feminist.
Incidentally, I find it funny that you mention that one "doesn't need to be attracted to girls" in order to be a feminist. I've always found it odd that men who are sexually attracted to women are often assumed to disrespect them or think of them as sexual objects, but women who are sexually attracted to women are assumed to simply value them more highly than men. Double standards, anyone?
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Date: 2010-08-23 07:52 pm (UTC)Incidentally, I find it funny that you mention that one "doesn't need to be attracted to girls" in order to be a feminist. I've always found it odd that men who are sexually attracted to women are often assumed to disrespect them or think of them as sexual objects, but women who are sexually attracted to women are assumed to simply value them more highly than men. Double standards, anyone?