I'm not sure which one I fall into. I certainly have my opinions but don't know which one they qualify me as!

Inclusion is really important to me. I didn't become interested in feminism to specifically help people who are like me. I like to include everyone; trans women, women of colour, women of all sexual orientations, religions, etc.

I also like to encourage males to have a look into feminism. For example, some common arguments against feminism I've witnessed before include, "but men get raped too", "but men can be abused in a relationship by women", and so on. The problem I see is that they then think that's a reason to be against feminism; I believe that these are reasons why they should get involved in feminism.

Feminism's also about choice to me. You can be a tomboy or a girly girl or anything in between. You can choose to shave if you want, or you can choose not to. You can be a stay-at-home housewife, you can be the breadwinner, you can be in a relationship, you can be single, basically you should be able to have the freedom to make choices. This might sound really obvious to a lot of people, but you'd be surprised at the amount of people who see themselves as feminists who look down on the girls who happen to follow certain gender norms. I definitely don't think females (or any gender for that matter) should be restricted to what society expects from them, but I also don't think you should act like girls are not allowed to be girly or have feminine interests either. Although I guess this is a part of supporting inclusion.

So I'm not sure which category I'd say I'm closest to. I'm guessing that supporting inclusion could fall into either liberal or cultural. Using feminism to protect males with feminist problems could be post-modern I suppose. Basically, I don't know which type I am but I do know what my opinions are!

Cultural Feminism

This theory believes that there is a distinctive ‘male culture’ and a ‘female culture,’ which are different largely due to the differing biology of men and women, and they manifest in differing social behaviors. So for e.g. cultural feminists see nurturing and caring to be more of ‘female culture,’ than ‘male culture,’ and this they recognize as being intrinsic to the process of being female. Cultural feminists also believe that the contributions of ‘female culture,’ such as child care, domestic work etc. have been disregarded and greatly devalued in society, largely because they are unpaid. They also believe that social systems have evolved along lines of ‘male culture,’ and include traits like competition and aggression, and so they tend to isolate women. The focus of cultural feminists is to have ‘women’s work’ – particularly in the domestic care and child care arena recognized as economically and socially productive. And to change the work place environment outside the domestic realm to incorporate more ‘female culture’ and make it accessible to women.

Liberal Feminism

Liberal Feminism has a perspective that is diametrically opposite to that of cultural feminism. They believe that the differences in male and female social behavior are not so much because of biology but because of how their environment conditions them to be. They believe that gender identity and behavior are cultural constructs, products of the discrepancies in the legal and social opportunities available to men and women, and of the differences in how gender norms for behavior, choices, expectations, etc are set by society for girls and boys, and men and women. The focus of liberal feminists therefore is on creating a completely level playing field for the genders in terms of legal and social systems, and gender norms and gender socializations for that is what they believe is the key to the gender equality.

Ah, I see. Thanks for clearing that up! They're far more different to each other than I expected. Still undecided on which one I'm closest to, though. I'm going to have to have a good research into all of these someday! Thanks again!