DESTROYING IT WOULD BE BETTER: Carly Fiorina says it’s time to redefine feminism.

“A feminist is a woman who lives the life she chooses,”Mrs. Fiorinatold a free-market interest group dinner in Washington in speech that was billed as her first major policy address since declaring her candidacy May 5. “A woman may choose to have five children and home-school them. She may choose to become a CEO or run for president.”

Mrs. Fiorina also delved into abortion and birth control, suggesting liberals have a double-standard on women’s health issues.

“The left fights to protect late-term abortions and sues the Little Sisters of the Poor, but they oppose over-the-counter birth control,” she told the crowd.

She’s right, but to be fair to Fiorina, I don’t think she’s trying to “redefine” feminism so much as offer a healthy alternative to its dependent, whiny version of women demanding various entitlements, repeatedly articulated by progressives such as Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Feminism has been hijacked by progressives, and it’s no longer about equality for women as much as demeaning and punishing men–often wrapped in poorly disguised hatred of “ironic misandry.”

Fiorina’s vision is one of equality of opportunity and individual liberty–quintessential American values–rather than the one-size-fits-all progressive vision exemplified by the recent liberal anthropologist Wendy Martin’s NY Times expose on Upper East Side women, whom she demeans for choosing to be stay-at-home, involved moms. Haters gonna hate, I suppose. Fiorina’s message is a welcome contrast.