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by king_jester 4505 days ago
> In my experience, feminists are more obsessed with making sure other women are dressed "correctly" than just about any other demographic outside of conservative christian republicans.

Dress and body policing of women is a reflection of misogyny, of which women and men both participate. However, it is definitely wrong to do so whether one considers themselves feminist or not.

> Have you never read an article by a feminist about X or Y movie character is demeaning to women because she dressed too sexy, or wore something that the feminist herself would never wear?

Media representation criticism != body policing of actual people.

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>Media representation criticism != body policing of actual people.

Except that in many cases, it's actual women being criticized.

True, however there are examples of the latter, vide how Nixie Pixel was treated at OSCON 2012.