feminism: the radical concept that women are people.

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Your problem, 91, is that you're a decent human being who respects women as human beings.
Some guys (think 'Nice Guys(TM)')see chivalry as an alternative to actual respect, as opposed to an expression of it.

Yet it seems many women believe in the "men from Mars, women from Venus" concept.

No gender has it better than the other in these matters as far as I have seen.

Well, I'm not a feminist.

... So apparently, I do not believe that women are people.

I'm against Affirmative Action as well, so I must also be a racist.

I'm not religious either, by the way, so I cannot be trusted.

Coincidently, I'm not on Facebook either, so I must be a Psychopath.

And finally, I don't listen to music by Justin Bieber, which means that I am a good person.

Thus, misogynistic, racist and untrustworthy psychopaths are good people.

Again, the difference is men aren't being heavily subjected to these views.

Okay. Good point.

But, we still regard you as people. The two main subsets of people are men and women.

Now, be a good girl and go fix me a sandwich, will you?

Chivalry vs. Chauvinism, what a fight! There is a difference, LKL. You speak of chauvinism (treating women as inferior), not chivalry. If I was Chauvinistic, I would hold the door open for women because I believe they don't deserve to touch the door, or they are too dumb to do it themselves. If I was Chivalrous, I would hold the door open, beat up men who rob old ladies, and keep other men's hands off our wives and daughters, because that is what I am supposed to do.

But wasn't your argument that it's sexist to treat women in such a special manner (because, after all, it is still a way of treating women as "other")? It looks to me like you've now changed your argument a bit.

Sigh. As Martin Luther King's brother Rodney King said, can't we all just get along?

Not being a man, nor raised as a woman, I can't speak for anyone but myself - but even if those facts were different, I still wouldn't be able to speak for anyone other than myself. Still, I can say that I haven't really heard anyone treat women as being less than men. Now transwomen, yes.

What I have heard is this whole "complementarianism" spiel, in which men are inherently good at some things and women inherently good at others, and they can't be good at what the opposite sex is supposed to be good at. But I've heard that from people of both sexes.

It really is stupid. Personally, I try to treat people the same regardless of gender. But it's a bit distracting if they're very pretty...

Feminists are still women, whether they wish to admit it or not.

WTF are you talking about?

I'm a woman and that's why feminism matters to me. I'm probably not very good at being a woman according to people like you but that's what I'm fighting against. I want to be myself, which happens to include being female, and not be judged negatively for not doing the extra stuff that people try to stick on me for having been born a certain sex.

I get that you were making a sexist joke about LKL allegedly changing her argument, and that being a supposedly female trait - but the bit about feminists not admitting they're women just sounded wrong.

I have quite a lot, unfortunately.

I'm a Jewish female. There are still Orthodox Jewish males who include in their morning prayers something about thanking God they weren't born female. That tells me all I need to know about whether feminism is still relevant in today's world. It is.

As for opening doors, ALL OF US who are able-bodied should be opening doors for each other regardless of gender. It is just a kind and thoughtful thing to do for another person, and there can NEVER be too much kindness or thoughtfulness in the world.

I'm glad that I taught my daughters and my son that traditional beliefs about sex roles were rooted more in patriarchal superstition than common sense.

Sounds more like a problem with religion in this case. Some religions also express prejudice against homosexuals as well.

And, indeed, everyone who doesn't share their specific religious views.

Feminists are so cute when they get riled.

This isn't exclusively a male on female problem. Most people think that, if their friends were icebergs, they would see about 60% of them, whereas they personally are only 10% visible.

Excellent article though.