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Originally posted by HelloKitty22
If every woman in america, freaks out because of feminist extremists and abandons the feminist agenda because they don't agree with some of the ideas or people there won't be a feminist agenda in this country and feminist issues will become the providence of a bunch of hairy legged man-haters. You're creating a self-fulfilling prophesy. It's particularly disturbing to me because there are so many things that women still need to accomplish.
If you are disturbed by feminist extremists the best thing you can do is take up the feminist banner and show that it IS something relevant and important to mainstream women. Then it will get the recognition and the power it needs to help the lives of everyday women.
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Yay for this post. I agree one hundred percent. If women would rather make 70 cents to every dollar a man makes simply because they're afraid of being lumped in with militant lesbians who don't shave . . . well, I guess that shows where our priorities lie. For those of us who aren't so very scared of militant lesbians who don't shave (most of them are really good people, you guys
), then the best thing to do is to say, "I'm a lipstick-wearing sorority girl with a handbag collection that necessitates an entire closet of its own . . . and I'm a feminist." Orrrr "I'm a gun-toting Republican stay-at-home mom . . . and I'm a feminist."
For every one feminist who tells you that you can't be a stay-at-home mom without betraying the movement, there are 20 more that disagree. So why are we letting that one define what the movement is about?