tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32444916.post2967677184440379543..comments2024-03-29T01:05:17.952-05:00Comments on Making Home: Why Am I a "Recovering Feminist"?Jess Connellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00372282510182101716noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32444916.post-49244871886334556532013-11-13T19:44:12.368-06:002013-11-13T19:44:12.368-06:00As a recovering feminist myself...I find it encour...As a recovering feminist myself...I find it encouraging to read your post and know that you are out there too. <br /><br />Thanks!Worth The Sacrificehttp://www.worththesacrifice.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32444916.post-15174123413413736032007-08-08T12:28:00.000-05:002007-08-08T12:28:00.000-05:00I shall probably also show up as anonymous, though...I shall probably also show up as anonymous, though I am not Ms but Mrs.<BR/><BR/>Feminism is also about a refusal to subscribe to an androcentrist construct as the human model. It is only recently that medicine has begun to look at the diseases of women as more than an afterthought to curing the diseases of men. Since the discovery of stem cells, women have lost ground in that science seems intent on saving the world through women's bodies. This attitude is reprehensible. I find it difficult to believe that you would have women today put themselves, their lives, and their bodies under the dominion of men--when the only true difference is biological, not essential.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32444916.post-77165265601375548762007-05-04T05:40:00.000-05:002007-05-04T05:40:00.000-05:00I'm anonymous because I don't have an account. My ...I'm anonymous because I don't have an account. My email is heavierthanheaven89@hotmail.co.uk and my name's Alix Peach, from the UK.<BR/>Feminism has nothing to do with promoting abortion. SOME feminists beleive women have the right to choose an abortion, but just as many feminsits believe that abortions are morally abhorent.<BR/>True feminism is about being allowed to be equal to men (because we are physically and mentally their equals). It's about equal wages, the destruction of stereoptypes that label women as useless housewives and more women in positions of power.<BR/>Having children, or not, is a personal choice and nothing to do with politics. <BR/>You're describing the ultimate radical steroptype of a feminist,which is unfair & inacurate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32444916.post-46421253140330547212007-04-17T08:58:00.000-05:002007-04-17T08:58:00.000-05:00Anonymous,While it is encouraging to hear that you...Anonymous,<BR/>While it is encouraging to hear that you would not have an abortion, the overwhelming majority of feminists not only believe in abortion, but many have had one or more. There is nothing scandalous in stating the truth.<BR/><BR/>Furthermore, plenty of feminists have written about infanticide in a positive light. It is neither libelous nor shameful to call a spade a spade. If you go back and read again, you will note that I didn't say ALL feminists belive in infanticide, but I did say that <I>some</I> do, which is true. Additionally, plenty of feminists have supported, performed, and/or chosen to have a partial-birth abortion, which is simply infanticide by a only slightly more palatable name.<BR/><BR/>I do not write carelessly, Ms. anonymous. I chose my words carefully when I wrote this piece, and I believe they bear up under the weight of your criticism. I still stand by every word I wrote, whether or not it is easy to read for one who calls herself a feminist.Jess Connellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00372282510182101716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32444916.post-81681201299994513652007-04-17T03:58:00.000-05:002007-04-17T03:58:00.000-05:00I'm a feminist, and I would NEVER EVER have an abo...I'm a feminist, and I would NEVER EVER have an abortion, under any circumstances. Please don't say that all feminists beleive in abortion because that is simply not true. As for your claim that feminists would commit infanticide, that is positively disgusting; what a horrible, horrible thing to say. I hope you feel ashamed at yourself for writing that scandalous, libellous piece of filth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32444916.post-89576583324104606782007-03-09T03:21:00.000-06:002007-03-09T03:21:00.000-06:00I think there is a definitely a change in society ...I think there is a definitely a change in society now. It is not just a church or a Christian thing, but women are more and more realising that "having it all" means that something will slip. I'm a doctor and am not alone amongst my friends (both believers and non-believers) in wanting to have a family and wanting to bring them up myself.Keziahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12199068440786474649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32444916.post-68996205692267054302007-02-17T22:45:00.000-06:002007-02-17T22:45:00.000-06:00i'm tired of political labels. i think that they a...i'm tired of political labels. i think that they allow people to dismiss each other without listening. the word feminism to me means believing that women should have choices. that HAS to include the choice to have babies, stay home, serve your husband. but more and more, it doesn't. i'm deeply disturbed by the notion that women have some kind of duty to pursue a career. i'm deeply disturbed by the male-bashing (how are t-shirts that say 'throw rocks at boys' okay?) i'm deeply disturbed by the birth-control-pushing, the abortion-pushing, the idea that having a baby will ruin my life, the idea that sexual promuscuity is sexual freedom. my doctor actually told me, "no form of birth control is as dangerous as getting pregnant." when i asked him about side effects of the pill. i used my educated thinking skills (thanks, feminism!) to get a new doctor. <BR/>look, we get to vote- that's super. <BR/>we have equal rights (in western countries, at least.) thank you, feminism! there are now more women than men in law school and med school. i feel like we've arrived, but the ladies driving the NOW bus just keep on trucking. the differences that remain exist because men and women are fundamentally different. and you know, complementary. you can't legislate or educate that away. maybe now we should concentrate on uplifting the whole human species, instead of just half of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com