Sorry I don't stay silent in the kitchen, I am a human being you know!

Some people, once finding out that I'm a feminist- ask me I am a hairy, bra burning, loud, annoying, man hating lesbian. At school I experience this quite often as people aren't familiar with the notion of feminism; and why I don't conform to what everyone else does. I feel the need to clear up the stereotypes that have come to define feminism for some. I have written a previous post on not shaving so you can find out more, in detail why feminists 'feel the need' to be natural. Another point that many don't understand, is bra burning. Nobody that I know actually physically burns their bras, I think that it is shown only to represent feminists not being 'restrained' and 'changed' to suit men's desire in a woman's body. For a lot of people, feminism is defined as gender equality. Some people however decide to interpret that in a sexist way. Some people think that, as women have been oppressed for 2000 years, then for the next 2000 years it is mans turn to face the sexism. I say to these people that they are giving feminism a bad name and should not be associated with a term that fundamentally means equality. When people ask me if I am lesbian because I am a feminist, I tell them that just because I respect women, I don't have to love them. I don't understand how specific characteristics can be associated with a sexual orientation: it is not a choice anyway. But As for being loud and annoying, sorry I don't stay silent in the kitchen, but I am a human being you know!