Dr. Juan Fernandez I M.D.

noranc — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:12:05 -0400

(Editor’s Note: This month we profiled feminist men, who wrote to us on the topic, “I am a feminist because . . . “)

“I tell my patients I’m the closest thing to a female as a man can get. I’m surrounded by women all day, taking care of them, and then I go home to a house full of women. It teaches you to sympathize with women and understand their needs.”

Jeff Fowler I Modern Man

noranc — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:10:41 -0400

(Editor’s Note: This month we profiled feminist men, who wrote to us on the topic, “I am a feminist because . . . “)

I'm a feminist because Dad was the one pushing the grocery cart when I was riding underneath it, because everyone scrubbed the toilets on Sundays, and because Mom clawed her way through three degrees and into a professional life with me on her back and nothing but her knife-sharp mind.

Gary Palmer I Change agent

noranc — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:09:11 -0400

(Editor’s Note: This month we profiled feminist men, who wrote to us on the topic, “I am a feminist because . . . “)

Every male, female or transgender person is inherently equal. Yet, our culture still views feminine expressions as a weakness and male expression as strength. Effeminate men are called “sissies” and strong women have “testicular fortitude.” Being a feminist means recognizing and fighting those biases. I am trying.

Steve Willis I Playwright and Teacher

noranc — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:07:12 -0400

(Editor’s Note: This month we profiled feminist men, who wrote to us on the topic, “I am a feminist because . . . “)

I grew up surrounded by strong women. My maternal grandmother used to say, “A woman was not put on the earth to be a slave to a man!” I believe we are going to see more women in leadership roles as we move further into the 21st century. Hopefully, many of them will be Bennett graduates.

Dennis Quaintance I CEO and environmentalist

noranc — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:04:49 -0400

(Editor’s Note: This month we profiled feminist men, who wrote to us on the topic, “I am a feminist because . . . “)

Someone told skirt! that I was a feminist. It seems bold for a man to call himself such but I reckon that if the definition of a feminist is someone that thinks that all people ought to be judged by their merits, not prejudged by conceptions, then I fit into those ranks.

Eric Chilton

noranc — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:50:59 -0400

Eric Chilton is a self-proclaimed “weather geek.”