There are some human rights issues that are specific to women (albeit with indirect effects on men, what with men often being in relationships with women and all).
I hope that by relationships you meant beyond the usual amorous or just physical. I am surrounded by women in my career and my life. I have sisters, mother, aunts, mother-in-law, a btichin' wife, nieces, neighbors, bosses, editors, staffers and even a best friend that is female. As a guy I am not just interested in "women's issues" because I like to fuck a woman but because they shape my world and make it all worth it.
Yep. That's why I put it the way I did. Good catch.
Re. the "why isn't humanist inclusive?" question, that's a matter of practical reality rather than idealism. It ought to be; but the "I'm a humanist, not a feminist" argument only ever gets brought up to explain why someone *isn't* a feminist. See a number of comments in this thread for further examples of why "humanism" isn't the catch-all term people who want to pretend that feminism is exclusionary like to think it is.
Tallboy66
Chicago, IL
January 2005
SEP 06, 2007 11:10 AM