Will The real Feminists Please Stand Up?

Feminism is passé, or is it? Is it a real fight at all? Or just a misguided war? Who will benefit by the victory? Men, or women…or do both loose, whichever side wins? Some thought provoking questions.
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amy Excellent article, very through provoking. 7/15/2007
Shirley Singh Nice article. Important idea, though i found it slightly long-winded. As far as equality is concerned, i think it is just a term for the right to work without being made to feel guilty about it and getting husbands to cook, which you say is anyway a legitimate demand.

And as far as enjoying our natural nurturing capabilities goes, i think it would be common sense to be what we are and enjoy being what we are. But the problem is one of economics. The dynamics of a marriage are very subtly linked to the financial equation. I have seen women be so completly answerable to husbands and unable to walk out of abusive marriages because they have no earning power, thanks to spending key years of their life caring for their children, and not trusting their upbringing to maids or creches. It would be great if women could simply choose to be full-time nurturer and be the rock solid support of the home as our mothers were, but only if there is some kind of mandate where half the husband's salary would go into the wife's account- not just to run the house and spend as she wishes, but to give to her parents or whatever else she wants to do with it.

What say?

 3/17/2004
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