Saturday, July 12, 2008

Stereotypes about feminists: How did it go from free love to being assumed to be a lesbian/gay?

"I used to go on college campuses 25 years ago and announce I was a feminist, and people thought it meant I believed in free love and was available for a quick hop in the sack....Now I go on college campuses and say I'm a feminist, and half of them think it means I'm a lesbian. How'd we get from there to here without passing "Go"?
- Molly Ivins, political columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram & NPR commentator

How did stereotypes about feminists go from assuming a feminist was advocating free love 25 years ago, to assuming a feminist meant you were a lesbian today?

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