History of Feminism

ancianita

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26. Loathe a statement? Interesting. I've considered its shortcomings in that light.

Sat Jul 5, 2014, 01:06 PM

Jul 2014

Women and girls' being trained into religious and social identities while concomitantly untrained for psychological and physical defense does embolden weak or strong patriarchalists to presume privilege, proclaim superiority or to violently show it toward their mothers, sisters, community women or random women, whenever and for whatever reasons. Singly or in groups. Abuse is internalized, then displaced, family to children over millennia. Force succeeds in domesticating girls and women's free will.

Fighting is my preference, on any level. Infighting isn't. I'm describing, not condemning. Infighting doesn't strengthen women; it weakens women; yet we do it.

Harriet Tubman saw slaves the way I see women: "I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves."

I could say more to explain myself but won't.

Thanks for your support.

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Seven Reasons You Should Thank A Feminist Today [View all] ismnotwasm Jul 2014 OP

Thank you shenmue Jul 2014 #1

Thank you! sheshe2 Jul 2014 #2

OMG! sheshe2 Jul 2014 #3

Thank you! Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #4

Eh, feminism is like unionism in this regard. malthaussen Jul 2014 #5

Exactly! ismnotwasm Jul 2014 #24

Quickly, the Seven Reasons listed but, do read the whole article. It is good = Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #6

A good platform for a Women's Party. ancianita Jul 2014 #8

I have been wondering if that is what it is coming to. I sincerely hope not but, Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #9

the national women's party niyad Jul 2014 #11

wow. Thank you. Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #17

whenever I am asked my party affiliation, I tell them the national women's party. niyad Jul 2014 #18

gosh. mixed feelings about it and what that says about us as a whole. Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #19

it gets people's attention, and creates conversation. niyad Jul 2014 #21

I understand that part of it all. But, To actually start it back up as a Third Party? Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #22

There's an eighth reason that I consider very important... DreamGypsy Jul 2014 #12

AWESOME!! Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #16

I'll go for your "total hypocrite jerks" reason. Women have been each other's worst enemy for too ancianita Jul 2014 #7

Given that femicide is a thing, sexual violence against women is a global epidemic, redqueen Jul 2014 #10

Number 7 is more your thing I think ismnotwasm Jul 2014 #25

Loathe a statement? Interesting. I've considered its shortcomings in that light. ancianita Jul 2014 #26

Back in the early days of unionization tea and oranges Jul 2014 #13

So true. Men in that same sexist culture are trained never to show that they care what women think ancianita Jul 2014 #20

Agree tea and oranges Jul 2014 #23

Do we have a woman's health care group? littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #14

That's a good idea ismnotwasm Jul 2014 #27

Kicking. Thank you. nt littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #15

I would have cited eight reasons Warpy Jul 2014 #28

Nice one! ismnotwasm Jul 2014 #29

kcik for the weekday crowd niyad Jul 2014 #30

Loved it! theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #31