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OOM: But that’s not what she said- she said, “This is not about feminism NOR are we looking to replace men.” They are two separate things, not a term and definition.

Actually, reading the comments, it seems to be that she initially wrote it the way you quoted it- someone called her out on it, and she replied, “It was two separate issues as in ‘This is not about feminism.’ and neither are we looking to replace men (b/c that’s [sic] a ludicris [sic] accusation) – If that was unclear or if I equated feminism to wanting to be men that was the exact opposite of my intention and I will try to clarify in an edit. Thanks for pointing it out.”

Just FYI, if you’re interested.

Anyway, the article was interesting, and I agree with her to an extent. It’s the sort of thing where people have asked me why is it fair that women can’t be rabbis, don’t I want to be a rabbi, and I was like, no I don’t want to be a rabbi- I want to be a psychologist/doctor/social worker/archaeologist/bus driver (hey, I was four years old…). But that was me. People have wanted to become rabbis, and I think many if not most (no, if you disagree with me, I’m NOT trying to generalize- I’m just saying based on my experience) women I know would at least understand to an extent why a woman may feel that urge. I think she takes it a bit farther than I would, but she has interesting points.