Feminism

I think that Feminism is a great ideal, and I do consider myself a feminist is the sense that women and men should be equal and treated as such by society.  However, I think that a big problem that many people face in identifying as a feminist or not is that feminism has been such a loaded word in recent history.  Because its an ideal rather than an organization, there is no governing body that decides what is or is not feminism.  Everyone interprets how to be a feminist differently, so there are a lot of differing views on subjects within the feminist community.  For example, many feminists believe that women should be sexually promiscuous to show that they own their own sexuality while others believe that women should have sex less to be taken more seriously by men and the society.  Because feminists have differing views on so many important issues, its really hard to say what makes you a feminist or not.  If you believe women and men should be equal you should be a feminist, but what if you disagree on the meaning of equal or the best way to achieve that equality with the modern feminist movement.  What are you then?