I think, particularly as a male feminist, and as a male feminist who I like to call a “majority man,” (white, cis, hetero, middle class), which are among the harder types of men for feminism to reach, we have a responsibility to self-identify as feminists to act as an example for other men who might be afraid to identify too. I don’t wish to overstate the matter, but being a “secret” feminist is a disservice to a movement that needs more vocal men talking to other men about feminism.
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Good point. The post also mentions that some feminists are ‘suspicious’ of men calling themselves feminist. I’d say that one of the main characteristics of a feminist man has to be that he is aware of his privilege (in mainstream society, yet not in feminist circles). And act like he is aware of it.
Thoughts?