Hey friends.
So today I'm gonna take you all on a little adventure
which you'll probably regret afterwards, but we're gonna go.
[BEEP SWOOSH SWISH CRUNCH]
I'm, like, pretty late to this trend, but this quiz was doing its rounds on the Internet
like, a year ago probably--several months to a year ago.
It's called "How Much Of A Feminist Are You?"
and what I love about it is that it was doing its rounds a while back on both feminist and anti-feminist channels
so it's just--it's a lot of cringe.
It's very cringey, and I'm super excited to take it.
Alright, I'm also back with wine.
I was a little worried that I didn't have any wine.
But then I realized I had a whole bottle of wine!
So I'm not gonna drink a whole bottle of wine because I am a hardcore lightweight
but it's good to know that that's an option.
It's always good to know that you could drink an entire bottle of wine by yourself if you so desire.
Let's do it.
Turn my air conditioning off and now I am very warm.
I don't know how many questions are in this.
I feel like it's kinda long so...
Check all that apply.
I would be willing to give up some of my salary if I had to, so that equal pay in my workplace could be a reality.
So this could either be referring to the gender pay gap or the racial pay gap.
Um, I'm assuming since this is a BuzzFeed feminist quiz it's just the gender pay gap
because intersectionality is not a thing.
[cough]
ahem
I also think this is a weird question, keeping that in mind
because a lot of women are taking this quiz
and if you're talking about the gender pay gap then why--you wouldn't check this.
But then if you don't check it
I'm assuming BuzzFeed thinks that you're sexist or not a feminist for not checking it.
I also just don't have a salary which I would love but I do not have financial security.
I believe that men and women should be equal.
Like, obviously everyone's gonna check that.
I can’t help but be bothered when a song includes misogynistic lyrics, even when I otherwise like the song.
Yeah, usually I'm not bothered.
I always notice and I might comment on it. I might make a little joke.
I'm not mad about it usually.
So I mean I guess I'll say I'm bothered.
I know who Bell Hooks is.
Yes, I know who bell hooks is.
However this is a poser fucking quiz
because they capitalized bell hooks name and it's stylistically not capitalized.
So get outta my face.
I can define intersectional feminism.
I did a whole video about it.
I'm not gonna do it here, but yeah I can define intersectional feminism.
Like, literally every single women's studies class I've ever taken
has begun with a primer on what intersectional feminism is so I got it.
I don’t use the phrase “hey guys” when referring to a group of people that includes men and women.
Yeah, but there's not really a great alternative.
I recognize that it's annoying that the only, like, language we have to address groups is gendered or outdated.
I sometimes say y'all
but I think I already say y'all way more than a person from California is allowed to so...
I have taken a women’s and/or gender studies class.
Bitch I majored in women's studies.
But this quiz would probably get mad at me for saying bitch so just don't tell the quiz.
I think it’s important to encourage girls to pursue science and math as a career.
Yes.
But I also get a lot of obnoxious comments when I talk about majoring in women's studies
saying that if I really care about inequality in stem then I would have majored in stem
but I also think it's important to let people do what they're interested in
because they're way less likely to do well in an area that they're not passionate about.
Women should be allowed to apply for a job if they fulfill 60% of the job requirements.
I don't like this one because I feel like BuzzFeed wants me to say yes to prove how much of a feminist I am
but I also just think that's based on the stereotype that
affirmative action for women is women that are unqualified.
Because a lot of people think that affirmative action
means that you're getting jobs that you're not qualified for and that's not true.
It's when you're looking at several people who are equally qualified
and maybe taking preference for someone who is not represented in the workplace at all.
I think we should change women’s bathroom symbols to not include traditionally “feminine” clothing.
I mean yeah.
I don't like--that's not gonna be my number one issue of things that I care about.
But also there's no reason why you need a woman in a dress.
Just, like, say women or men or make it gender neutral.
I believe trans people should be able to use whichever bathroom they identify with.
Yes, obviously.
I believe it’s important to encourage women to negotiate.
I mean I do think that's important
but I think a lot of the time inequality in the workplace is summed up to it being woman's fault
while they just don't know how to negotiate.
And that's aspect of socialization where we're kind of taught to be polite
and do what we're told and not ask for too much.
So I do you think that's important.
But I also just don't think that's the only reason that there's inequality in the workplace.
There are a lot of different factors so I don't like when it's only chalked up into this, like
"lean in" type of "Just negotiate and everything will be equal."
I believe Jennifer Lawrence should earn as much as her male costars.
[sigh] Fuckin Jennifer Lawrence.
I don't like Jennifer Lawrence, but yeah, yeah. Yes.
I do not think a movie should be released unless it passes the Bechdel test.
Should more movies pass the Bechdel test?
Yes.
Do I think a movie shouldn't be release if it doesn't pass the Bechdel test?
Not necessarily.
I would rather consumers boycott a movie for being sexist or racist
rather than just saying it can't be released at all.
Like, when has a movie ever not been released because it was sexist or racist.
That's kind of, like, the norm I feel like in Hollywood.
And there are lots of movies that do pass the Bechdel test that are still pretty fucking sexist.
So I don't think the Bechdel test is the best indicator.
Um
I believe all genders are entitled to the same social and political rights.
Yeah, obviously everyone's gonna answer that.
I can explain why “78 cents to the dollar” is not a fully accurate description of the gender wage gap.
Yeah, I made a video about it so go watch that video.
I believe that women who possess certain types of privilege
are responsible for advocating for women who don’t have their level of privilege.
Um, yeah, definitely.
This is one of the first questions in this quiz that I actually fully agree on.
Other than the basic, like, men and women should be equal.
If I had a daughter, I would encourage her to be anything she wanted to be.
Yeah, I mean yeah.
I would make it clear to my daughter from an early age
that her identity should never be defined by her relationship status.
Yes.
I believe that a woman has the right to choose what happens to her body.
Yes.
In an instance of sexual assault against a female--
I don't love, like, this is supposed to be a feminist quiz but then they're using the word female.
I feel like just say woman, but whatever
I am inclined to believe the assaulted person is telling the truth until proven otherwise.
On a personal level yeah if someone that I know tells me that they're assaulted and I'm gonna believe them.
But also conversely if someone who doesn't identify as a woman tells me they're assaulted
I will generally believe them, too.
I just think it's important to believe people who are sexually assaulted.
I can explain Marlene Dietrich’s influence on women’s fashion.
I don't even know who that is so no.
I know what a “Bad Feminist” is.
I mean I'm assuming since this is capitalized it's referring to Roxane Gay's novel Bad Feminist
which I own and have read.
By the way, this month's feminist book club perk on my Patreon is Bad Feminist incidentally.
I didn't even plan that.
Also if you would like to receive September's book club pick
then be sure to sign up for the Feminist Book Club tier on my Patreon and by the end of September.
I believe that women should be able to dress however they want
without it dictating how they are treated by society.
Yes.
I have never said that a woman “asked for it.”
I mean I might have been real shitty in high school, but I don't remember saying it.
But also we all are taught real sexist shit, and we don't realize that it's bad until we learn otherwise.
So I understand that everyone's at a different part in their journey
and I'm hoping that anyone who's saying that a woman is asking for it
has loved ones that will tell them and educate them on why that's fucked up to say.
I am offended by catcalling.
I am the most offended by catcalling
according to the comments on my video about it.
I don’t think women should get VIP treatment at nightclubs and bars, just for being women.
I don't care. I just--I like--I don't care.
Maybe it's just 'cause I don't go to nightclubs and bars.
I also just don't like the way that they're framing it as women getting VIP treatment
because a lot of this plays into sexual objectification, like
"Oh we have a bunch of dudes here so we need to invite in hot women to keep them happy."
And it's a little predatory so--I just don't like the way this is framed.
I think police brutality and its correlation with race is a feminist issue.
Yes.
I mean on a surface level there are black women who are affected by police brutality
so that's important to me.
But also I think focusing on institutional oppression is important, in general.
I think we should stop promoting models as the ideal female body type.
Yes.
Although it's weird that they're just assuming that all models are super skinny
because that is the norm but there are a lot of, like, plus-size women who are models as well.
But yeah I get what they're saying.
I think we should stop photoshopping women’s bodies in the media.
Yes, because it creates unrealistic beauty standards.
I have never called a woman bossy.
I feel like I probably have when I was younger
just because you didn't know better when you were younger doesn't mean that you're less of a feminist.
I think companies should offer more child-friendly time and programs to women who are having children.
Yes.
I believe that if a woman wants to pay on a date, her date should let her.
Yeah because every time dudes haven't let me pay on dates that's been kind of a red flag for me.
But also the way this is phrased.
Her date should let her? It's still giving him all of the control in this situation.
I believe that women should have easy access to birth control.
Yes. I think anyone with a uterus should have access to birth control.
I believe that in a relationship the domestic duties should be shared.
Yes, 'cause a lot of women will work a full-time job and then they have to come home
and do what is referred to as the second shift where they also have to take care of the kids
and, like, participate in way more of their fair share of the domestic responsibilities, so yes.
I believe that men and women have the same emotional strength.
Yes, but I also think that this doesn't account for the fact that
men and women are socialized to express different emotions.
I think there's more of a stigma for women who express anger because their labeled as hysterical
whereas men are stigmatized when they cry because that's not masculine.
So I think the question shouldn't be "Do we have the same emotional strength?"
it should be "Why are we nurturing different emotions in different genders?"
I do not think that it is the responsibility of a man to protect a woman physically.
I mean if anyone is getting attacked
I think it's any bystanders responsibility to intervene if it's safe or to call the police if it's not safe.
I believe that men and women should be equally encouraged to express their emotions.
Yes.
I have never asked a woman why she does not have children.
I feel like I haven't just because I don't really care about kids that much.
And that's not really something that would occur to me.
I would be equally excited to have a son or a daughter.
Again, I don't really want kids but probably?
I think American workplace culture is often not structured in a way
that is helpful or encouraging to women succeeding.
Yes, I think a lot of workplaces are very male-dominated
and there's kind of this macho culture that is a little bit inaccessible to women.
I think women have a responsibility to help and encourage other women to pursue their goals.
Sarah Palin: There’s a place in Hell reserved for women who don’t support other women.
Um, I don't know if I would say it's a responsibility
but if you have women you're friends with it would be a good thing to encourage them to pursue their goals.
I don't think anyone's required to do this, but I think it's a nice thing to do.
I think women are equally capable to men to be the President of the United States.
[sigh]
Fucking look at where we are now.
I believe that women have no responsibility to make a conscious effort to always be friendly and polite.
Yeah, because I wasn't super smiley in high school
and I remember a lot of people thought I was a quote/unquote bitch
because I have a resting bitch face.
I also noticed that in public when I'm approached by strangers
my immediate reaction is to be really friendly and polite
even if that's not really how I feel like being.
I feel like it's kind of my obligation to do that
whereas my boyfriend does not feel the same obligation and will kind of just be like "Whatever leave me alone."
So yeah, I do think that, like, women are kind of socialized to be more polite
and friendly and warm than men.
So I don't think it's our responsibility to be like that.
I mean obviously it's good for everyone to be friendly and polite but there is I think a disparity in that.
I have never criticized a woman for not wearing makeup or wearing too much makeup.
Probably in high school because I was a shitty teenager but I wouldn't do that now obviously.
However if I don't click this it's gonna say that I'm less of a feminist which is fucking annoying.
I believe a woman is a woman if that is what she calls herself
regardless of her physical attributes and makeup.
Yes.
So you checked 41 out of 50 on this list.
You are a total feminist.
Not only are you not afraid to lean in
but you educate yourself in feminist history and support women fully and wholeheartedly.
Keep fighting the good fight!
And then there's a Beyonce GIF.
This is the most superficial pop feminism bullshit.
So I would have had to click all of these in order to be a "better feminist"
I just think this quiz is very misguided and there's no room to disagree with it or else you're "less of a feminist"
when I would say that a lot of the framing of these issues is not very intersectional feminist
despite the fact that they wanted me to define intersectionality.
I don't think that asking the question "How much of a feminist are you?" is a very useful pursuit.
I think it's more important to focus on the individual issues
instead of just making it a holier-than-thou "I'm more feminist than you" competition.
I just think that's a really self-centered way to think about feminism
and it doesn't really get into the core of the issues.
IMO
So what do you guys think about this BuzzFeed quiz?
Have you taken it? What score did you get and do you think it's helpful, or do you think it's bullshit?
I kinda think it's bullshit, but it's BuzzFeed.
What do you expect?
Also I just said you guys so minus one feminism point for me.
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