Conservatives try to figure out #HowToSpotAFeminist, are quickly enlightened by feminists

[KamaAina]

http://www.salon.com/2015/05/05/conservatives_try_to_figure_out_howtospotafeminist_are_quickly_enlightened_by_feminists/

I know, I know: It has gotten very confusing to live in a time when most of the mainstream believes in gender equality. I get it. It can be really perplexing to see a woman — maybe even an attractive woman — do things like go to work and earn her own money and, say, buy her own dinner and drinks and general livelihood without the help of a man; it can be doubly confusing when she does the same job as her male counterparts, just as competently, and then demands she be paid the same, because she’s a feminist, dammit.

Conservative talk radio host Doc Thompson totally gets it too. What’s more, he gets how difficult it can be when a person doesn’t look like the stereotype of an unshaven, braless, makeup-free feminist woman, but instead just looks like your average human being — except secretly, she (or he!) is someone who believes that everybody, regardless of gender, deserves the same rights, opportunities, treatment and respect. It is almost too scary to contemplate.

To cope with the challenges of navigating the 21st century while still believing that women are subordinate, Thompson decided to compile a shorthand guide to spotting the feminists (because they’re out there, hiding in plain sight). He issued this call to his Twitter followers on Sunday:...

If the misguided initial responses to Thompson’s #HowToSpotAFeminist roundup provided an illustration of how completely off-the-mark people’s conceptions of feminism are, the co-opting of the hashtag by real, live, ever-so-difficult-to-spot feminists offers a clarifying and witty counterpoint — as well as a positive sign that sometimes, online sexism and misogyny can be drowned out. Here are some of the best #HowToSpotAFeminist guides:

[In_The_Wind]

1. Indeed

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. "We carry around water bottles of man tears to stay hydrated and radiant."

[hifiguy]

3. If I hadn't gone and read the Salon piece I'd swear it was from The Onion.

Those responses are priceless. Whatta maroon this "Doc Thompson" character is.

[rock]

4. "...just as competently, and then demands she be paid the same..."

OK, I'm a man and I admit it: more competently a lot of the time! It's a shame that women have to fight for equality. (There's a lot of segments of humanity where a group has to fight for equality and most obvious is for equality of pay for women and equality of treatment of blacks under the law).