"Una de cada siete mujeres se considera feminista" (Reino Unido, Netmums.com)

Extractos del diario "Metro" de Londres, donde a partir de un anterior artículo sobre el feminismo en la actualidad, se cuestionan las connotaciones y usos de la palabra "feminismo".
Como muchos entendéis inglés... solo traduzco alguna de las frases que me gustaron más, al final de la entrada. Enjoy!

[From the journal "Metro", Tuesday, October 30, 2012]

"I read with interest the article about the decline in the number of women calling themselves feminists (http://www.metro.co.uk/news/newsfocus/916033-cosmo-celebrates-its-40th-birthday-but-do-women-care-about-feminism).

There have been, and probably always will be, arguments and disagreements when dealing with the word "feminism". One thing that is certain (yet most people seem to have forgotten): to say you are not a feminist is to say you are actually in favour of female oppression.

Feminism is not about burning your bra in the street. It is about women getting up in the morning and leaving the house to go to a job that pays them an actual wage. It is about women going to the polling station on the eve of an election and putting a mark next to their chosen political party. It is about women owning their own homes, being able to inherit, having access to contraception, going to school...

So, when Netmums states that only one in seven women calls herself a feminist, I find myself thinking it is a sorry state of affairs that women have become so complacent.

Feminism is not a radical ideology. It is a word that means "equality" and it has validated our lives. And it should never be forgotten. It should never be ignored. It should never be denied."

Laura Smith, via email.

"I often wonder what state feminism would be in if it wasn't called that. Imagine if it was just called "equal rights for women". Perhaps then people who might otherwise be reluctant to endorse feminism would be able to see quite clearly what it is and what it stands for, and support it as a result.

The way I see it, the word feminism is really just a label. One that is surrounded with so much stigma, it can often be difficult for someone on the outside to get a good idea of what it actually is. It's almost as if the word was thought up by somebody who opposed the movement in a deliberate attempt to demonise it.

Perhaps an idea might be to stop labelling feminists as "feminists", and start labelling the people who oppose femisnism or, more specifically, those who oppose equal rights for women. I, for one, can think of plenty of words we could use for this purpose."

Mark, West Lothian

"El feminismo no va de quemar sujetadores por la calle. Va de mujeres levantándose cada día para ir a trabajar con un salario digno. Va de mujeres yendo al centro electoral el día de las elecciones, marcando al partido político que escojan. Va de mujeres con sus propias casas, posibles herederas, accediendo a anticonceptivos, yendo a la escuela..." (Laura, por email)

"Bajo mi punto de vista, la palabra feminismo es solo una etiqueta. Una etiqueta manchada de estigmas y algo confusa y difícil de conocer para algunas personas de afuera". (Mark)

"Tal vez una idea sería la de parar de etiquetar a las feministas como "feministas" y empezar a etiquetar a aquellos quiénes se oponen al feminismo, o más concretamente, a los que se oponen a la igualdad de derechos para las mujeres".(Mark)

"Feminismo significa igualdad de género. ¿Quién no estaría de acuerdo en eso?"(artículo original METRO, Friday).