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My friend recently had a daughter and I told him that no one would ever love him in the same way and that he was in for the ride of his life. I then cried. He just grinned at me.
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Here's the video:
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m going to try to word this the best way I can so that hopefully the comment doesn't get misconstrued. Alright, here goes: I think Steinem is overrated. To me she is not my icon. She is the icon for formerly repressed, middle class white woman in America.
Yes, the Feminine Mystique was groundbreaking in the sense that it challenged society to look at woman as autonomous people, and that we could have other roles in life outside of motherhood. However groundbreaking that everything was at the time..in my opinion it didn't apply to the women of color, or working class women. A lot of black and working class women were already working outside of the home, and taking on roles that included, single mom, father, business owner, working mother.
Ugh.How can I explain this? It seems like sometimes the women's movement was really the white women's movement. From what my mother has taught me, the ideology of working outside your home, and having choices was something that a lot of black woman already knew and had been practicing for decades, even centuries.
I don't know maybe this is just me venting, sometimes I don't feel like women of color are always thought of when it comes to the modern feminist movement. I definitely see more discussion these days, especially at this site, about the uniquely sexist situations that women of color have to go through.... I don't know, I just lost my train of thought. If someone could help me hear, or if you understand the point I'm trying to make then please help me better articulate my point...
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(I knew I loved one of my journalism professors when he told a story about interviewing Susan Brownmiller in the 70s and flirting with her.)
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This. The fact that even in 2009 thw word feminist is still considered tantamount to a curse word is the problem. I wholeheartedly agree with you.
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I've only in adult life come to realize how important that was, that I actually saw a nurturing male…Even those of us who intellectualize about it and know how important it is that men become equal parents of children, if you've never experienced it, it's hard to have faith in it. In retrospect, I probably should have thanked my father for this, that he showed me that.
THIS. if only more men would get this. if there's anything that contributes more to the breakdown of the american family, it's not the notion of gay marriage...it's men who generation after generation have opted out of their parental responsibilities. as thankful as i am that i had a close relationship with my father, i'm sad that something like what i had is considered novel and unique when it shouldn't be in the first place.
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There are also things that I agree with!
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