Women Rights, Empowerment, Current affairs
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J S Bedi December 21, 2011
I wonder what Prof Tom Leykis has to say on this!!! -
Rob January 22, 2011
Affraid of the dragon i think not I am very honest yet Chivarist man an would love to be able to ask the dragon lady out for coffee if she would even take a moment to see someone is looking at her . -
K-lee Starland, Ph.D. April 23, 2010
What was that old song: I am woman hear me roar, See me standing shore to shore...I don't see these choices as one or the other but to do whatever I want joyously and lovingly in whatever I choose to do in both or one or none. Do you feel good? Good. Keep doing that. -
Aarti Kapoor March 19, 2010
Bobby, I understand your frustrations. But remember, that the feminist journey needs to evolve through history. The feminists of past generations were right for that time and age. Of course, today we are living in the next generations. And each generation will continue to react and move on from the last. I like your word "equalist" and would agree with you. However, to get to that "equalist" state we all need to have a choice in the matter. Before, and even now, most women simply did not have a choice in the matter. Now that we have a choice, we are seeing that woman are choosing to stay home, or choosing to go to work... (though some feel they have to do both!). My point is that the feminist journey continues and you are a part of its evolving vanguard. -
Susanna Sharpe March 09, 2010
This seems to be a popular topic at the moment Bobby Rae- I've seen a number of other educated women in recent articles also questioning what the feminists really taught us. I find the opposite pressure though- not to have a career and a perfect home but just the later. Living in a so-called rich, progressive country, I am continually frustrated that apparently it isn't my decision to make regarding buying a house, having a child etc- apparently getting married means I must give up any of my dreams and have a family, because everyone expects it of me.
The scent of a modern woman!
This is how I feel about being a woman in this modern era.
Bobby Ray Sharma
March 08, 2010
Imagine this, you are all dolled up and looking rather ravishing in red; you have just accomplished your biggest and probably the only goal you will ever have to worry about in your life: Marrying a man. Ah! The good old days, before the bra-burning broads came along and just flipped the whole world upside-down with their bare bosom, and claimed with pride, "I am a woman and I can do everything a man can and much more."
All I have to say to those courageous bra-less women, "thank you so much for telling the world that we can not only do a woman's job but also a man's. And thank you for giving birth to A Modern Woman."
A Modern Woman, utter that phrase and the ideas that come to the mind are: an independent woman, an educated woman, a career-oriented woman. But is that really what A Modern Woman is? Basically, the first thing that comes to anyone's mind is a woman who makes her own choices. Think about it, do we really have choices? Sure we do. If we choose to focus our life on our career, we are labeled a "Corporate Bitch." But if we choose to focus only on becoming a good housewife... oops, I mean a homemaker, we are now a "Gold-Digger." So the only dignified choice that we are really left with is becoming A Modern Woman – a woman who has a successful career and is an awesome cook.
Them bloody bra-burning bitches ruined it for all of us. At least before all the bras came off, the only goal a woman had was to marry a man and have children, as simple as that. All she had to do was cook, clean, raise the kids, fulfill the needs of her husband and maybe sew a dress or two every now and then. But as soon as they started roaming the earth bare-breasted, we, women not only have to prove that we can cook and clean but also prove that we are capable
of having a successful career. I think Meredith Brooks puts it in the exact words what A Modern Woman is: "I'm a bitch, I'm a lover, I'm a child, I'm a mother, I'm a sinner, I'm a saint. I do not feel ashamed. I'm your hell, I'm your dream, I'm nothing in between. You know you wouldn't want it any other way."
Don't get me wrong, I am not against women being educated. I think every woman should be educated, even if she decides to stay at home. In fact, she should have a Ph.D. in Famulogy (hey, I just coined a word) – study of how to raise a family. Imagine that, Dr. Mom :) This way, she would know how to handle the business of the house, be it emotional (raising a teenager, dealing with the in-laws, fights with hubby, yada, yada, yada), physical (get your minds outta the gutter) or financial (saving up money for children's college fund, how to buy a house, how not to waste all of your husband's hard-earned money on useless Armani pants, etc.).
The point I am trying to make is that the sexual revolution was to help women and allow us to make choices but the whole thing has just backfired. I was once a Fem-Nazi, and I believed that we had choices, and stood-up for my God-given rights. But as soon as I stepped into the real world, I realized that I was completely misled. Although we think women have choices, we don't really have any choices. We get killed both ways and are now forced to take the only choice left – to swing from one end of the spectrum to the other. Now we not only have to do a woman's job but also a man's job. I like to think of myself as being an "Equalist" (I coined another word) – a person who considers everyone equally but also recognizes that each person is different. Sure men and women are equal, and I will not deny that, but the fact of the matter is every person is built for a different purpose in life. And biologically speaking, men are made to bring home the bread and butter and women are made to spread that butter on the bread and feed the family. I'm pretty sure Dr. Laura Schlessinger would agree with me.
Ah! Sweet chivalry, where have all the knights gone? Maybe they are hiding in the dungeon 'cause they are too scared of the Dragon- ladies.
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