Who is...who can be...a Feminist?

Who is a Feminist? A simple question, so identifying one should be just as simple.    Not everyone who claims to be a supporter of feminism is feminist.  Not everyone who pushes for female equality is a feminist; there can be an argument that there are levels of feminism, but as with something to which there is only one degree, such as being alive versus being deceased, there is only one degree of feminism.  There's no, "well women can do anything when it comes to education and the workforce, but we can do without their political opinion" or believing that feminism began on a woman's urge for sexual freedom to only exercise her right to say yes, is definitely not a feminist perspective. If you believe feminism differs by race, color, and social status in America and you ignore the social issues of other nations, you fall drastically short of pursuing freedom for women.  There are many ways to contradict and question someone's feminism pledge, but there is one guarantee: Feminism shows no biased to one gender or sex, and it the antithesis of patriarchy. 

Women, and female gendered people, are not the only people who reap social benefits from feminism.  Men also are a beneficiary of the international social-political reform that is Feminism.  It may sound like a contradiction in itself "Feminism shows no biased to one gender or sex,” because feminism is supposed to be the "the fight for equality of women to that of men."  To reiterate from a previous post, men have been coerced into thinking that any deviation from the proverbial "manly-man" agenda reduces him to being less than a man.  A feminist is not a person who only wants equal rights for woman in areas of employment; they are not just people who push for the ability not to be constrained by the virgin-whore dichotomy.  A feminist is not at all a person who agrees amiably with the ideals of feminism in order to dissuade those morals and make them more agreeable with patriarchy.  What most people see as feminist qualities are just that, qualities; there is potential in their advocacy to be a much needed feminist, female and male, but unless their entire approach to the entire patriarchal way of living is altered, they are much appreciated and much needed Feminist Allies. 

An overall Feminist is a person who believes that a person's human experience is not defined by their anatomy, and their anatomy does not set limits to their capabilities; feminists understand that a person’s aptitude is based on a person’s choices, personality, and confidence. Feminist Allies are the people who fit the denotation of a feminist in a standard lexicon.