Sororities and Feminism

[SWTXBelle]

There is a difference between the denotative meaning of the word and the connotative. Many women who are in fact described by the denotative meaning reject the term because of the connotative meaning.

As for me, Nora Ephron stated that I cannot be called a feminist because I am anti-abortion.( http://womenandhollywood.com/2010/10...e-on-feminism/) Fine. But the next time you read an article in which self-proclaimed feminists wring their hands because they can't understand why women who believe in equality won't call themselves feminists please understand that it may be because they were told believing in equality between the sexes wasn't enough.

[HQWest]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

There is a difference between the denotative meaning of the word and the connotative. Many women who are in fact described by the denotative meaning reject the term because of the connotative meaning.

As for me, Nora Ephron stated that I cannot be called a feminist because I am anti-abortion.( http://womenandhollywood.com/2010/10...e-on-feminism/) Fine. But the next time you read an article in which self-proclaimed feminists wring their hands because they can't understand why women who believe in equality won't call themselves feminists please understand that it may be because they were told believing in equality between the sexes wasn't enough.

Some Republicans have said that you cannot be prochoice or gay or athiest and a Republican. Some Democrats have said you must be also prochoice, and they wanted it written into the party platform to make sure you knew they said it. The Pope has said that you cannot promote contraception and be Catholic, and yet some women use it all the time and do not think twice about it or calling themselves Catholic.

So why let it bother you what Nora Ephron thinks?