Feminism

Are there feminists who fit the media stereotype? Definitely. But from what I have seen, the vast majority of women who call themselves feminists believe that women's rights are human rights, whether in Iran or France or Palestine or Israel or the United States. To me, that's what feminism is. And no, that belief doesn't mean arrogantly informing happy people that they're oppressed, much less supporting the invading of foreign countries under the rubric of women's liberation. It means lending support, as requested, to the efforts of women, east, west, north and south, on behalf of gender justice and equality.

--Katha Pollitt