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* believe that there are no inherent differences between men and women and that all inequality is the result of men oppressing women<ref>The most significant belief underlying contemporary feminism is that there are no sex differences; therefore advocacy for equal rights must be extended to advocacy for equal results or outcomes. [http://www.endeavourforum.org.au/frauds1.htm] </ref>
 
* believe that there are no inherent differences between men and women and that all inequality is the result of men oppressing women<ref>The most significant belief underlying contemporary feminism is that there are no sex differences; therefore advocacy for equal rights must be extended to advocacy for equal results or outcomes. [http://www.endeavourforum.org.au/frauds1.htm] </ref>
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* believe that a "village" (i.e., others) should assist parents in raising children<ref>Leading feminist [[Hillary Clinton]]'s famous book was entitled, "It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us," in reference to raising children.</ref>
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* believe that a "village" (i.e., others) should raise children rather than the child's father and mother<ref>Leading feminist [[Hillary Clinton]]'s famous book was entitled, "It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us," in reference to raising children.</ref>
 
* loathe [[chivalry]] and dislike men patronizing women, as in holding the door open for them
 
* loathe [[chivalry]] and dislike men patronizing women, as in holding the door open for them
 
* be anti-father, viewing traditional [[marriage]] as unacceptably patriarchal
 
* be anti-father, viewing traditional [[marriage]] as unacceptably patriarchal
 
* dislike macho activities, like male-only contact sports
 
* dislike macho activities, like male-only contact sports
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* prefer for equal roles in society, for example the ability for women to play football and men to act as cheerleaders
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* prefer for role-reversal, like girls playing football and boys being cheerleaders for it, or men baking cookies for women
 
* oppose single-sex schooling and seek to abolish all-male ''private'' clubs
 
* oppose single-sex schooling and seek to abolish all-male ''private'' clubs
 
* express outrage at highly macho events
 
* express outrage at highly macho events
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* support [[affirmative action]] for women
 
* support [[affirmative action]] for women
 
* detest women who are happy in traditional roles, such as housewife,<ref> "Being a [[housewife]] is an illegitimate profession... The choice to serve and be protected and plan towards being a family-maker is a choice that shouldn't be. The heart of  [[radical feminism]] is to change that." - Vivian Gornick, University of Illinois, "The Daily Illini," April 25, 1981. [http://www.ladiesagainstfeminism.com/artman/publish/LAF_Theme_Articles_13/You_Don_t_Know_Feminism_744100744.shtml        "You Don't Know Feminism"] </ref> and especially dislike those who defend such roles
 
* detest women who are happy in traditional roles, such as housewife,<ref> "Being a [[housewife]] is an illegitimate profession... The choice to serve and be protected and plan towards being a family-maker is a choice that shouldn't be. The heart of  [[radical feminism]] is to change that." - Vivian Gornick, University of Illinois, "The Daily Illini," April 25, 1981. [http://www.ladiesagainstfeminism.com/artman/publish/LAF_Theme_Articles_13/You_Don_t_Know_Feminism_744100744.shtml        "You Don't Know Feminism"] </ref> and especially dislike those who defend such roles
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* prefer that women wear pants rather than dresses, presumably because men do
 
* seek women in combat in the military just like men, and coed submarines
 
* seek women in combat in the military just like men, and coed submarines
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*"The media treat male assaults on women like rape, beating, and murder of wives and female lovers, or male incest with children, as individual aberrations ... obscuring the fact that all male violence toward women is part of a concerted campaign" - Marilyn French, ''The War Against Women'', p. 21 [http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/034538248X/ref=sib_dp_pt#]
 
*"The media treat male assaults on women like rape, beating, and murder of wives and female lovers, or male incest with children, as individual aberrations ... obscuring the fact that all male violence toward women is part of a concerted campaign" - Marilyn French, ''The War Against Women'', p. 21 [http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/034538248X/ref=sib_dp_pt#]
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====In fiction authored by Marilyn French====
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*My feelings about men are the result of my experience. I have little sympathy for them. Like a Jew just released from Dachau, I watch the handsome young Nazi soldier fall writhing to the ground with a bullet in his stomach and I look briefly and walk on. I don't even need to shrug. I simply don't care. What he was, as a person, I mean, what his shames and yearnings were, simply don't matter" - Marilyn French; The Woman's Room
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*"All men are rapists and that's all they are" - Marilyn French, Authoress; (later, advisoress to Al Gore's Presidential Campaign) The character Mia in her novel ''The Women's Room'', p. 462 [http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0345353617/ref=sib_dp_pt#]
    
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