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Feminists

I like the theme of "lists made by conservatives that confirm that your worst fears weren't nearly bad enough." At Feministe, Lauren points to a post on a pro-life site that responds to her query about what "feminist" means. This list doesn't come from a panel of distinguished experts, so it's completely unfair to pretend that all conservatives think this way. But too many do.

Feminists:

1. Worship Contraception.
2. Believe in Abortion.
3. Celebrate Euthanasia.
4. Support Gays, Lesbians and Homosexual Marriage.
5. Believe that the Family oppresses women.
6. Will divorce at the drop of a hat.
7. Want the total destruction of marriage.
8. Believe that Family should defy biology.
9. Believe that Men and Women are the same.
10. Hate Men.
11. Believe that all sex is rape.
12. Believe that Pope Ratzinger is a woman hater.

A short step from believing that contraception is okay to celebrating euthanasia, apparently. It's funny, when I look in the dictionary, I find that feminism is the "belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes," which was somehow crowded off the list by "Hate Men." (Interesting choices of what words to capitalize, too.) There are people who really believe this stuff, and no amount of acquaintance with reality will sway them from their conviction.

But they are even-handed enough to admire Lauren's web design. It's exactly like the folks who are convinced that they're not sexist because they think that women are really pretty.

~ posted by Sean Carroll at 2:34 PM ~ link ~ ~ ~