Feminism in Politics

It all depends on whether you mean being a female or a feminist. According to the modern rules, if you believe in abortion, women's rights are more important then family, you are a feminist and man is secondary. That would mean Hillary Clinton. The others, (I do not know about Sharron Angle) are the conservative women and especially Sarah Palin as she did not abort her down syndrome son as a feminist would have.

That is an insightful blog, thank you for posting the link. As a member of the generation of women who "invented" feminism, I have to say ALL of the women you listed represent it. The problem with feminists, just like with Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives, people tend to want to place them all into a tiny box in which they simply can't all fit. When someone says, "Why aren't (or are) the feminists outraged over (fill in the blanks) I want to scream, "Because we're nt all identical to each other!" You don't have to be a card-carrying member of NOW to be a "feminist" in the year 2010. I'd like to believe the majority of women today, especially in the United States, are feminists whether they consider themselves to be or not, whether they work outside the home or not and whether they're politically active or not. To me, feminism means never having to agree to be a second class citizen, never having to accept that a man can do a better job, never having to put up with abuse or infidelity because you can't take care of yourself. Some men want to be plumbers or mechanics while other men want to be attorneys or Wall Street bankers. Some women dream of being homemakers and some dream of becoming doctors. Thank God all of us are individuals with our own unique goals and desires! I'm sorry I got a bit off-topic here! I think the differences between Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin are fairly easy to explain and understand. Sarah is just enough younger than Hillary to have no problem with emphasizing both her femininity and appearance and her positions while Hillary grew up in the days of June Cleaver, as I did. Those were the days when women had to make a choice - either a career or a family. Most chose a family so there were very few "career women" and they weren't always portrayed in the best light. I think Hillary's done a great job of balancing career and motherhood but she's been very careful to not SEEM to be struggling with it because of her upbringing. Sarah, on the other hand, comes from the generation where it was accepted that a woman could "have it all". I don't mean this as a criticism of either of them. Notice, I ignored their obvious political differences but I didn't think that was relevant to the topic. Annie

Of course they would be hard on the conservative women. I believe that feminism is one of the worst things to ever happen to women. Women who demand equal rights with men, lack ambition!

Feminism in its purest form or feminism as it is now, tainted by the aroma of political elitism and blinded by the lure of money rather than the defense of women in general? Feminism in its purest form (not political ideology) would have to be Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton. Not because of their politics but by what they personally have accomplished (whether you agree with it or not). Feminism in its purest form states that the Woman can have a man's job and still have a family. That there is no limitations on what she can do. Frankly, I don't know that much about Christine O'Donnell other than what is seen on t.v. She's not on my particular candidate list. Sharron Angle, while some may argue she fits the second definition, doesn't quite fit in with the extreme, liberalism, feminism point of view that spews more hatred than it does aid women. (Still at this point anyone is better than Harry Reid.)