Stop proposing we rename feminism to equalism by Eyenoom on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

I really hate when people say that feminism should just be called equalism instead in order to make it more understandable for people what it's about. I get where they're trying to go - I agree that renaming feminism to something else would probably create more understantment, because many do think that feminism is the same as misandry, which it isn't.
However, we can not rename it to equalism. Equalism is already an existing thing, and while feminism and equalism both build on equality there are differences.

Feminism = The equality between genders and sexes

Equalism= The equality between genders, sexes, races, sexualities, people of different social and economical situations, religions, and so on

This means that if you're a equalist, you're also a feminist, but not all feminists are equalist. A feminst can belive in gender equality without believing in ex racical equality and would therefore not be an equalist.

So no, we can't name feminism into equalism as this thing already exists and have differences from feminism.