The Case for Male Feminists

Great post by "eitheror" at dailykos.com, who makes the case for male feminists - quite eloquently at that. I'm so glad a man wrote this article for men: it's so important that this happens more often. He makes some great points about the public reactions to Palin and even Ann Coulter, before summarizing: 

"I am defending women. Not because they asked me to do it, or because they need me to do it, but because its the right thing to do. I am defending women because they are human beings who are entitled to the dignity and consideration of that condition like anyone else. How can we say that we aspire to the virtue of our ideals, like equality, when we entertain positions that denigrate our wives, girlfriends, sisters and mothers? I understand its popular in culture to see women as objects of our lust who have silly and emotional ideas and mannerisms, but is that the world we want to leave our daughters (when we have them)?

The next time your buddy says something about women that is patently disrespectful (usually followed by the congratulatory round of 'know what I mean?' 's for the insight into the nature of that most curious of creatures) respond with 'Hey man, how's your mother doing?' "

There is also a poll at the end of the post that asks: Feminism is? The answers:

Good - 21% For baby killing, witch, lesbians - 10% bad - 8% a kind of soup - 8% the radical notion that WOMEN ARE PEOPLE TOO!!! - 51%

Dear lord.