Just like Whedon, I was always uncomfortable with the feminist movement. To me, I always visualized an angry lady with crazy hair and glasses screaming that all men are pigs and that men deserve to be put down in society.
One thing that stood out to me from the Whedon video is how important it means to be a “feminist”. For hooks’, one of the major problems is how feminism is defined For Whedon, he looks at feminism through the significance of being called a feminist. Personally, I think of one of the biggest points he makes is how the “ist” part of feminist implies that a role to be taken. I agree with him on how it feels weird to be asked if you are a “feminist” because it should be an idea instilled into everyone, that all human beings are equal, rather than a role you have to take on. I wish that the movement could be described like Whedon wishes it to be, as an issue that we have moved past. Ultimately, I feel like the definition of a feminist for many people, how men and women should be treated equally, should not be a definition but rather a moral belief taught to children. I hope that children can be taught that they should treat each other equally and doing this should make them a good person, not just a “feminist”. I hope that just like Whedon, the word to describe these types of problems will be used as if it is a problem that we can start to put past us. Maybe I will start using genderist just like Whedon suggests.