The argument that there are good reasons why someone might not identify as a feminist presented in Dr Brooke Magnanti’s article “Feminism. What does it mean anyway?” is a respectable and well thought argument. The conclusion that there are good reasons as to why someone might not identify as a feminist relies on Magnanti’s personal experience with feminism along with the different views of feminism throughout today’s society. The premises Magnanti uses are mostly dependent of each other. Magnanti uses an an adequate amount of examples to support the conclusion. In this essay, I will be taking Magnanti’s main premises and explain why and how they are fully supported. Magnanti begins the article describing the simplicity of the core of feminism,
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The figures Magnanti points out can persuade a reader to believe that because of how dominant and popular they are in today’s society, the figures have the ability to influence others to join the movement. Unfortunately, the figures that Magnanti uses as examples allows for the definition of feminism to become exclusive to only certain individuals. The premise is that because of the exclusivity found in feminism today, individuals do not want to identify themselves as a feminist. This would seem logical seeing as if feminism was more inclusive, Magnanti would be able to label herself as a feminist. In the following paragraphs, Magnanti describes how plenty of people make judgements as to who is and is not a part of feminism. She uses examples such as an individual cannot be a feminist if he or she is a “conservative”, “trans women” or a “man” mostly because these are not figures that depict the image of mainstream feminism. Magnanti contributes to the proposition by providing the reader examples of how certain figures are recognized when feminism is looked upon. In the following paragraph, she suggests the benefits of an inclusive feminism such as creating a voice for minority groups and embracing the full diversity ways to be a woman or a person in general . Magnanti takes history into context and states how minority groups such as women who are not “able bodied”, “born women” or “white” have had trouble joining the movement. By using these examples, she is able to show the readers that throughout history, the feminist movement has been exclusive so it is logical that feminism excludes certain individuals due to history’s influence. Seeing as people follow in paths made by history, they are not always for change because they are used to it or benefit from it which would explain history’s influence. By using figures and individuals who demonstrate that they are
The figures Magnanti points out can persuade a reader to believe that because of how dominant and popular they are in today’s society, the figures have the ability to influence others to join the movement. Unfortunately, the figures that Magnanti uses as examples allows for the definition of feminism to become exclusive to only certain individuals. The premise is that because of the exclusivity found in feminism today, individuals do not want to identify themselves as a feminist. This would seem logical seeing as if feminism was more inclusive, Magnanti would be able to label herself as a feminist. In the following paragraphs, Magnanti describes how plenty of people make judgements as to who is and is not a part of feminism. She uses examples such as an individual cannot be a feminist if he or she is a “conservative”, “trans women” or a “man” mostly because these are not figures that depict the image of mainstream feminism. Magnanti contributes to the proposition by providing the reader examples of how certain figures are recognized when feminism is looked upon. In the following paragraph, she suggests the benefits of an inclusive feminism such as creating a voice for minority groups and embracing the full diversity ways to be a woman or a person in general . Magnanti takes history into context and states how minority groups such as women who are not “able bodied”, “born women” or “white” have had trouble joining the movement. By using these examples, she is able to show the readers that throughout history, the feminist movement has been exclusive so it is logical that feminism excludes certain individuals due to history’s influence. Seeing as people follow in paths made by history, they are not always for change because they are used to it or benefit from it which would explain history’s influence. By using figures and individuals who demonstrate that they are