When people treat women different or try to make women men something is very wrong. This however is not feminism.

I have read quite alot on feminism and I dare to say that my oppinion is that anyone that isn't a femist is a moron. There are mainly two reasons for this:

1) Feminism has nothing to do with treating women different. Feminism is not affirmative action.
2) Feminism is the strong belief that men and women have equal value. Thus they should get payed the same money for the same job. They should get equal attention and help in school and kindergarten and they should be treated with equal respect in their lifes.

That is the *only* thing feminism is about. If it's anything else, someone is using the word wrong.

It is sad because feminism when you think about it is something very natural that pretty much anyone can agree to. The problem is that alot of people, both women and men use the word in a broad and inaccurate way resulting in outbrakes of anger like this thread.

If anyone is interested in feminism as a branch of modern western philosophy there are tons of books dealing with the subject. Read some.