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I read and grew up learning that a feminist is someone who believes that women should be equal to men and things like that. But I always see people saying bad things about them and calling them sexist. This is the definition I found: Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women.[1][2][3] Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights. Feminism is mainly focused on women's issues, but because feminism seeks gender equality, some feminists argue that men's liberation is therefore a necessary part of feminism, and that men are also harmed by sexism and gender roles. Feminists are "person[s] whose beliefs and behavior[s] are based on feminism."[4] So wouldn't someone who wants women to have more rights and better treatment be considered sexist and not a feminist? I'm so confused. I called myself a feminist when I was younger and would get dirty looks. I'm not better than any man, I'm their equal and this is just what I was taught. But what most of you are saying what a feminist does, would collide with the definition of feminism. So they WOULDN'T be feminists, they would be sexists.

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