Sorry men, you can't call yourselves feminists

By Sarah Farraway.

Thanks to Tony for raising a great issue and for his passionate views.

I personally don't believe men can call themselves feminists. To quote
my new hero Caitlin Moran - a feminist is someone "with a vagina who
wants to be charge of it". So, sorry Tony, but I think this is a
penis-free label. And it's not like this is without precedent - would
you consider a white guy a civil rights activist in the same way as
Martin Luther King was?

But, having said that' I totally agree with Tony this is an issue
for men as much as it is women. Just like the civil rights movement,
society can never change until the majority changes. We need men for
feminism to succeed and that's absolutely why it hasn't been as
successful as it should have.

Australia's Sex Discrimination Commissioner is only now starting to
get traction on increasing women's participation on boards because she
has enlisted the help of the (male) CEO's of all of Australia's top
companies. They are now talking loud and proud about the problem and it's great.

So bring that stuff on fellas....but just don't call yourself a feminist!

Sarah Farraway lives in Sydney. She has recently decided to stop
calling her step-daughters 'cute' and 'gorgeous' in favour of calling them 'clever' and 'kind'.