Feminism should, I believe, be included in the different philosophies (naturalism, consequentialism, individualism, etc.) that define secular humanism.
In an ideal world, we would not need feminism, and individualism and humanism should be fine (women are humans, and should be treated as such based on the principles of humanism, why making a difference?), but as a point of fact, history (and evolution) has left us with such an amount of prejudices against women (and men) that we specifically need to “deconstruct” them, if humanism was to be applied to everybody, including men.
Anti-feminism (in its many different forms) hurts women as much as men.
Feminism is of course equal rights for women and the liberation of women body (birth control, etc.), but not only.
We should re-think some socio-cultural norms about men and women. We don’t need the irrationalist, anti-humanistic, anti-science, differentialist (if not essentialist), collectivistic post-structuralism for that. For instance:
_It is not sufficient that men participates in the household duties, they should also share the “mental load”, that is, being more mentally committed and present to this aspect of life. I was drawn to this issue by feminist thinker Caroline Fourest, in this great speech “L’avenir du féminisme”, at the Institut Diderot, in December 2022. The video version is here, the transcript of the speech is here.
_We should teach and allow men to communicate better their emotions and let down machismo, in order for them to be closer to and more supportive with their wife (but also between men, and with children). Recently, some experimental research and psychotherapy have been developed and get available in this direction (see for instance the APA GUIDELINES for Psychological Practice with Boys and Men, or this study on depression symptoms in men and women).
_We should better understand what explains the gender differences in the labour market, in order to see how to tackle this situation in the most humanistic way. The 2023 Nobel Prize in economics awarded to Claudia Goldin, goes in that direction.
I am inspired by liberal feminists such as Olympe de Gouges, Françoise Giroud, Simone Veil, Élisabeth Badinter, Abnousse Shalmani, Caroline Fourest.
I know less the GB and American feminists, and all in all, I unfortunately came to feminism only recently. Some sharing on feminism thought would be very welcome.