tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post4955323917436917491..comments2024-03-25T14:27:40.121-05:00Comments on Heart, Mind, Soul, and Strength: Why feminism is a mystery to meWeekend Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-42253361069973007262009-09-18T11:41:13.143-05:002009-09-18T11:41:13.143-05:00Hi Robin
I share many of your beliefs about the v...Hi Robin<br /><br />I share many of your beliefs about the value of womanhood, differences, value, etc. <br /><br />My point to Sam is not that "all feminists are angry, bra-burning atheists." My point to Sam is that as soon as we decide that "the bad guys" is someone else by definition, then we stop self-examination, which is spiritually worthless to us. <br /><br />So I'm more interested in what we do with a need for self-examination, whether we look at ourselves or whether we point the finger elsewhere. And if the problem is angry, bra-burning atheists, then obviously I'm never going to be part of that problem, right? What a relief ... (?) <br /><br />My original point of the post was just that the public face of feminism is a stranger to me. <br /><br />Take care & God bless<br />Anne / WFWeekend Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-7418149894188026452009-09-18T11:28:55.784-05:002009-09-18T11:28:55.784-05:00I agree with Sam. Feminism is defined as "be...I agree with Sam. Feminism is defined as "belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes" or "a doctrine or movement that advocates equal rights for women." It's not defined as angry, bra-burning atheists. Are there radical feminists out there? Of course. Should we blame all feminists for their extremism? Probably not. There are also radical Christians who claim that they beat their children because the Bible tells them to. Galatians 3:28 tells us that "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." I believe that Christ was something of a feminist. I believe people can be equal but different at the same time. I believe that men and women can have different roles of equal value. I know many feminists who consider motherhood to be the most sacred gift of life.Robin Merrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13061043359981661095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-56539451442153105922009-09-14T13:43:52.666-05:002009-09-14T13:43:52.666-05:00Yup.Yup.Anastasia Theodoridishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092531121989260111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-1597801461181769002009-09-14T11:39:44.600-05:002009-09-14T11:39:44.600-05:00I've wondered what percentage of homosexuals h...I've wondered what percentage of homosexuals have had a traumatic experience. One of my good friends in college was lesbian & I thought she'd just always been that way ... but then she told me she used to like guys but had been raped. So homosexuality -- was it "settling for second best" or was it running in fear or what, but homosexuality was part of her never making a full recovery from being raped. I don't know how often that's the way it is. <br /><br />The feminists I've known up close and personal have been more concerned with getting recognition, and are almost like scared that they won't be taken seriously as human beings. Their big thing seems to be whether women are valued, and (they seem to assume) value is judged by political clout, workplace power, and size of a paycheck. <br /><br />The early feminists strike me as embarrassingly self-conscious ... It's somewhere between silly and sad, to see how overly-defensive they were. <br /><br />Take care & God bless<br />Anne / WFWeekend Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-71284428073445554382009-09-13T22:02:31.504-05:002009-09-13T22:02:31.504-05:00My husband (a psychiatrist) says homosexual people...My husband (a psychiatrist) says homosexual people have most often been deeply wounded in their sexuality, as for example, having been molested as children or in some other way profoundly hurt. And as a result, he says, they "defend" against the on-gong hurt by denying their sexuality, where the hurt is. Hence, men ape the mannerisms of women and women dress and act like men. (Other lesbians adopt the mannerisms of a pre-adolescent (pre-sexual) girl.)<br /><br />And for such a woman, having children proves your womanhood while you're trying so hard to deny it. A lesbian does NOT want to have her identity in any way connected to her sex or to functions which are female, such as being a wife or mother. Or else she wants traditionally female functions redefined as uni-sex.<br /><br />Anyway, I've been struck by how much lesbian leadership there seems to be in the feminist movement. There seems (to me, anyway) to be a fairly heavy lesbian influence upon straight women as well. Maybe that partially explains some of what you're puzzling over.Anastasia Theodoridishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092531121989260111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-71206920122031302172009-09-13T21:07:52.019-05:002009-09-13T21:07:52.019-05:00Hi Sam
In the real world, there's more of a c...Hi Sam<br /><br />In the real world, there's more of a continuum of views than a hard-and-fast separation. So I would want all of us to take a look at our views & just do a quick perspective-check on them. The alternative is to locate the problem with "the others" and not examine ourselves. <br /><br />Take care & God bless<br />Anne / WFWeekend Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-72199066279679891212009-09-13T20:09:36.308-05:002009-09-13T20:09:36.308-05:00But are your objections applicable to feminism, or...But are your objections applicable to <i>feminism</i>, or the more <i>radical feminism</i>?Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11545870883633534790noreply@blogger.com