Do you ever wonder sometimes "maybe the modern feminist movements have a point"?

For a long time I’ve steered away from lumping the feminist label on myself. Basically I was disillusioned from the feminist movement based on some extreme individuals in the mainstream media and social media. I realise now that this is unreasonable of me. It’s not fair of me to throw out the baby with the bathwater (so to speak).

I know that not all feminists are extremists. Many truly do care about gender equality and that is a good thing. As a humanist I can certainly respect.

Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of MRAs defend Milo Yiannopoulos. Yiannopoulos basically compared Leslie Jones to a man. I assume because she is not what some perceive to be “traditionally ladylike”. To which I can totally understand why a person would find that offensive and rather sexist. It is the same abuse many lesbians have been attacked for. For basically not conforming to a gender stereotype.

Maybe in many ways I am a feminist myself. I certainly agree with the feminist core principles; that is that person’s of all genders and gender identities ought to be given equal opportunity and freedoms.

However giving myself yet another label is something that gives me pause.