setsunatenshi said:
why should he/she/anyone be that? we have labels such as egualitarian or humanist that perfectly define someone that believes people should be treated equally, regardless of their gender, race, belief, economical status, etc believing in equal rights for all humans doesn't require the 'feminist' label |
To be a feminist is a subset of those things you just mentioned. The term exist and is relevant when topic of discussion is specifically gender.
Furthermore someone can believe in the equality of men and women but then hold descrimitive believes pertaining to some religions or of people from a certain background. There is valid reasons for subsets like feminism, no need to try and toxify the term.