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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Where have the Feminists gone?

Where have the feminists gone?  Frankly, little is heard from them these days.  Hmmm...perhaps they have learned something about themselves, during these past twenty years or more.  As a woman, this is what I think they understand today.  1) Most men are pretty decent, and undeserving of the "hate," spewed their way for far too long.  2)  Guess what?  Male or female, you can't possibly do it all.  Something always gives way.  3)  The movement has proved that women can be just as greedy, ruthless, and unforgiving in the workplace, similar to any corporate male.  4)  Women got tired of defending their husbands, sons, and their choice to have a career, or run their household.  5)  Some women became angry that their male counterpart, did not get the promotion, because the company needed to fill that position with a female.  It didn't matter the credentials, only the gender.  6)  Beauty pageant participants grew tired of the "cat calls" by the grounded feminists.  These women understood the swim suit contest, and willingly, chose to go forward on that walkway.  7)  Feminists tend to keep silent when people discuss the atrocities dealt to the females who are under tyrannical rule.  8)  Many women differentiated themselves from the feminists, simply because they believed that men and women, were in fact different.  They were completely comfortable with that fact.  9)  The goal of the feminist doctrine was that women should be free to make choices, and decide their life journey for themselves.
However, with a new found freedom, the likes of pro life women, Republican women, women for abstinence, conservative women, and any other woman who did not complete their agenda, need not apply.   Hence, they lost many of us, where once they gained.  Personally, as a younger girl, I believed in the ideals of feminism.  I strived to do more, be smarter, and have an opportunity.  But, when I was a freshman, at a Jesuit University, I quickly learned the meaning of feminism.  One female professor changed my view in mere minutes.  This teacher quite handidly minimized decent, God fearing women, who never rose, nor had the opportunity to achieve an outside career.  During this so called Theology course,  I raised my hand, defending my own mother, who this woman behind the desk was belittling....I was given a "C," in the class a few weeks later.   Prior to my upright arm, and my pure defensive voice for my good mom, who sacrificed everything to bring me to another level in life, I had an "A" in the class.

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