Yes, I think the concept needs clearing up. And maybe it's a thing that's more pervasive in the conservative South.
I've heard the same thing, mostly from older women who may feel a bit intimidated by the whole movement, and younger women who choose to stay home to raise their children. Some of the younger women have gotten the idea that feminists believe that unless you are a "career woman" you are somehow less worthy. It's an attitude that quite a few stay-at-home moms have to battle, with ourselves as much as with others. While I don't agree with this assessment of feminism, I've had to battle at least one self-proclaimed "feminist" who insisted that I was doing my children a disfavor by raising them myself. These people miss the point that the goal of the feminist movement was to allow women the choice.
When Shannon went to school to register for her senior year there was a table where 17-year-olds could sign up to vote. Her eyes lit up. She's been chomping at the bit. Now she just has to wait until she actually turns 18...
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Date: 4 Aug 2005 06:31 pm (UTC)I've heard the same thing, mostly from older women who may feel a bit intimidated by the whole movement, and younger women who choose to stay home to raise their children. Some of the younger women have gotten the idea that feminists believe that unless you are a "career woman" you are somehow less worthy. It's an attitude that quite a few stay-at-home moms have to battle, with ourselves as much as with others. While I don't agree with this assessment of feminism, I've had to battle at least one self-proclaimed "feminist" who insisted that I was doing my children a disfavor by raising them myself. These people miss the point that the goal of the feminist movement was to allow women the choice.
When Shannon went to school to register for her senior year there was a table where 17-year-olds could sign up to vote. Her eyes lit up. She's been chomping at the bit. Now she just has to wait until she actually turns 18...