feminism
By failsafe_o5
@failsafe_o5 (103)
United States
August 28, 2008 7:40pm CST
are you a feminist?
we have moved away from susan anthony's era when women can't vote or from the times of betty friedan where women were trapped in a patriarchal society's inequality and discrimination... i think we're even past most issues of the third wave of stereotyping and social conditioning... so what's the next step?
in the world today where women can hold political office, be a senator or president, where women can hold top ositions in the business industry and movers and shakers in any society... is there still a need for staunch feminism?
adversely, in the age where a woman can run for presidency of the last remaining world power, why are there still countries where women are considered not only secon class citizens but as possessions of their husbands or fathers? what can be done with this?
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2 responses
@xParanoiax (6987)
• United States
29 Aug 08
There is still a need for feminism in America, 'cause there's still that pay wage gap to conquer. Perhaps that's the last frontier, here, but it's a hotly contested one.
Anyways, I don't think we should be telling other countries what to do. Even when they do horrible things -- it's up to the people in those countries to change things themselves, through the system if possible, by waging revolutions, etc. etc.
Even though it's never fast enough for the suffering, all countries have to take things at their own pace.
As for the rest, well...we can always take activism and mediators can go to said oppressive countries, offer asylum to women seeking it in this country, but mostly that's about it methinks.
@failsafe_o5 (103)
• United States
6 Sep 08
i like the idea of giving aid and asylums. well, yes, unfortunately we can't really dictate other people's opinions and change cultures not our own but it is a bit depressing when you figure that the rights you enjoy and fight hard to keep or obtain aren't enjoyed by other women in another social/political environment.
@Angelwriter (1954)
• United States
30 Aug 08
I'm a feminist in that I believe that women should have the opportunities to fulfill their potential whatever it may be and have the freedom that men have to choose their lives and their happiness. Yes, in America, we've come a long way, but those issues are still important to me. Even if I don't have to actively fight for them, it still interests me.
