Well, I'm in the next generation of feminists.

[seabeyond]

6. neoma, i couldnt agree with you more.

i have two teen boys and have seen so much in the last decade. my advantage is i was raised in an environment as a person, not a gender. i had the same expectations as my brothers. actually higher ones because of my characteristics. i was in a sport for almost a couple decades that had both genders participating side by side.

i walked into a time where i saw men and women working together, not battling. men actually on womens side. and i watched the time men started grouping to repress women again. not thru the bible patriarchy, but thru ownership of her sexuality.

i often say, and will say again, it is a boiling vat of experiment on our children.

my boys dont participate in a lot of it. when they step out of the house, they will have the freedom to, but they will also be older, with an older brain, able to put it in its proper place, i hope.

the advantage that the younger generation has over the 20 somethings, is they have been able to watch the effects of this society and are making better choices. we are catching up to what is happening.

funny you bring up powergirls. i was one of the few parents that did not allow my kids to watch it. i would tell their very young bodies that though it was empowerment of women, fighting for justice, the faces were always angry. even happy, they appear angry. we dont do those shows. conditioning matters.

all while my kids were and are growing up, we discuss this stuff. it is our entertainment. not television. i dont know the answer. it feels like on one hand, young women think the battle is won. on the other, i agree with you. seems like we are going backward and people are having so much fun playing in the mess, or taking care of self (i totally understand both positions), that we are allowing and feeding and rippling out our way to suppression.