Feminism is individualism
For the umpteenth time: there is no difference between feminism and individualism. Feminism is individualism applied specifically to situations and circumstances faced by women.
Case 1: When I support decision of a woman to not work, I am doing it because of my “belief in feminism.”
Case 2: When I criticise another women’s decision to not work because “one of us has to stay at home and take care of the kids,” I am also doing it because of my “belief in feminism.”
The difference is that first is an example of choice excercised voluntarily; second is usually not.
You cannot take away circumstances and argue the same way. A guy choosing to stay at home is being as individualistic in either of the cases above. A gal choosing the stay because of the second reason often (though, not always) is not individualism; she is often (again, not always) coaxed implicitly (often, explicitly as well) by the expectations of the historically held social mores.
Your blog was a great read.
My reactions went like this: “Oh, this person writes well! “, “Oh, he’s from IIT!”, “Oh, he’s a prof!”
Great to know that you’ve chosen to become a prof.