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novapsyche[We kind of got on a tangent.]
Feminism is what it is. I'm one feminist trying to wrest the definition away from the academic feminists like Catherine MacKinnon and Andrea Dworkin, who are absolutely radical in their philosophy.
Feminism is about reproductive choice and sexual freedom, not "being wild in bed" or "sexpots". Let me rephrase that, because that's not all that feminism is: reproductive choice and freedom, and sexual choice and freedom are some of the issues that begat the movement. But the movement is an organic thing, made up of living beings. Women needed the vote to be realized as full persons. We've come quite far since Victorian times, but prejudices die hard. They aren't nearly as harsh as they once were, in our history, but don't be fooled. There's still some way to go until women achieve even social equality. Equality is what bestows or transfers freedom.
The current social expectations about sex are unfortunate. As are imagery demanding that all women be the same size. It's the same type of pressure: conform to this type of sexuality. But then, who benefits from that image? Not women. So is that feminism?
(Original thread here.)
Feminism is what it is. I'm one feminist trying to wrest the definition away from the academic feminists like Catherine MacKinnon and Andrea Dworkin, who are absolutely radical in their philosophy.
Feminism is about reproductive choice and sexual freedom, not "being wild in bed" or "sexpots". Let me rephrase that, because that's not all that feminism is: reproductive choice and freedom, and sexual choice and freedom are some of the issues that begat the movement. But the movement is an organic thing, made up of living beings. Women needed the vote to be realized as full persons. We've come quite far since Victorian times, but prejudices die hard. They aren't nearly as harsh as they once were, in our history, but don't be fooled. There's still some way to go until women achieve even social equality. Equality is what bestows or transfers freedom.
The current social expectations about sex are unfortunate. As are imagery demanding that all women be the same size. It's the same type of pressure: conform to this type of sexuality. But then, who benefits from that image? Not women. So is that feminism?
(Original thread here.)