Woman's Issues
My Personal
Opinions
(and a few others
I agree with)
Strangely enough, it took me a long time to be comfortable with being 'feminine'. For a long time I was a 'tomboy', then a 'late-bloomer', and then as if to validate all these labels that had been pasted on me--I joined the Marines Corps. Talk about labels! But that is a story for another time. To make short of it, I finally figured out that being 'feminine' was being a woman...not if you wear make-up or not, combat boots or high heels, philosophy books or romance novels. It wasn't someone else's idea of how femininity should be expressed, but more the acceptance that I was an individual first and my gender was just an important part of that. My womanhood became a thing to explore and seek out how other women expressed themselves as humans. I found it exhilerating to talk to women of different ages who were strong in their individuality and proud of their womanliness. They make no excuses, they take the experience as a special gift and pass the idea on to other women and girls. The idea is wonderful. Whatever I do, however I do it, I am feminine. Although it still surprises me to hear myself referred to in that way--I am actually becoming proud of it. Very proud.
Please click below to see some great "women" sites and readings.
If you
found these interesting--I plan on adding more. If you have any you feel would
fit in with the items on the list, please feel free to sign my guestbook.
First, let
me begin by stating that I am not, by nature, any more than an observer. One
of the things I observe is people, and do so with a passion. Below you will
find some pretty bold statements about feminism. Most of them I agree with
or they wouldn't be on my page. Secondly, being a woman, I tend to take the
feminine side in life. I understand that there are sweeping generalizations
being made on every front of any human rights issue. I can agree that ALL
males aren't the problem...as a matter of fact I would have to say that there
are just as many of my own gender that choose not to lend a hand to their
sisters. Finally, being a free thinking human gives me certain choices between
what battles or causes I speak out for--
this is one of them.
"Because women's work is never done and is underpaid or boring or repetitious and we are the first to get fired and what we look like is more important than what we do and if we get get raped it is our fault and if we get beaten we must have provoked it and if we raise our voices we are nagging bitches and if we enjoy sex we are nymphos and if we don't we are frigid and if we love women it is because we can't get a "real man" and if we ask our doctor too many questions we're neurotic and/or pushy and if we expect childcare we are selfish and if we stand up for our rights we're aggressive and "unfeminine" and if we don't we are typically weak females and if we want to get married we're out to trap a man and if we don't we're unnatural and because we still can't get adequate safe contraception but men can walk on the moon and if we can't cope or don't want a pregnancy we're made to feel guilty about abortion and...for lots and lots of other reasons we are a part of the women's liberation movement."
Please click below to read and see some items I found to be very interesting.
If you
found these interesting--I plan on adding more. If you have any you feel would
fit in with the items on the list, please feel free to sign my guestbook.