History of Feminism
Related: About this forumWhy we shouldn't give up on feminism.
By JEN GIACALONE
Im hanging it up.
Yeah, thats right. Im done with feminism.
Its not working. Were getting nowhere. In fact it actually seems like were going backwards. Someone come confiscate my Feminist as F*ck t-shirt, buy me a beekeeper suit and leave me to my new, non-feminist existence which will entail popping out more children and possibly listening to a lot of Katy Perry, who is an avowed non-feminist.
(The woman who dresses her tits up like cupcakes says she is not a feminist, are you surprised?).
Fighting double standards has become worse than passé. In that entire media whore-nado over Miley Cyrus and her VMA spectacle, the only person I saw pointing out that Robin Thicke is actually kind of questionable for grinding his bits on a girl who could be his daughter was another dude.
Even we in our own circular firing squad of feminism didnt manage to catch that one, as we were too busy deciding whether to be mad at Miley because she was demeaning herself (maybe) or because she was treating the black women onstage with her like sex dolls (probably) or because We Cant Stop is a mediocre song that has gotten far more play than it deserves (definitely).
The juggernaut of terrible anti-abortion laws just keeps coming despite our best efforts to stop it.State legislatures are in a race to the bottom and still they manage to exceed my expectations.
Ive stopped saying It cant get any worse, because its become a dare. Statutory rape cases like the one in Montana just frustrate and depress me; a 49-year-old male teacher walked away with a 30 day sentence after a supposedly consensual relationship with a 14 year old student ended in her suicide.
I just cant anymore.
http://www.mamamia.com.au/social/feminism-isnt-working-and-i-give-up/
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)As if every woman in America doesnt havea list of things in her head that she does to avoid getting raped. As if the staggering 35% of college aged guys who have admitted they would rape someone if they thought they could get away with it are beyond educating. As if we are completely wasting our time hoping for any better.
du is the only place i have this discussion. none of the people in my real life says this. but then... well, they are pretty progressive especially as they are repugs. what a fuckin hoot.
thank you. i needed to hear this.
amarillo texas. got it. amarillo fuckin' texas. driving down a main street in the middle lane a charity was set up at the red light. they do that here. and they walk the line at a red light and get donations. i always give a buck or two. i pull out my buck as i get closer. i see it is to help sexually trafficked children. the man is getting near, as he sees me hold up the buck. and i am digging out more bills. told him, too important for a buck, and added more.
amarillo fuckin texas.
it did my heart good.
ismnotwasm
(41,998 posts)I see no point in sticking my head in the sand, and pretending to empower myself by denying the negative effects of patriarchy.
redqueen
(115,103 posts)ismnotwasm
(41,998 posts)Then you're free to ignore all the damage, all the pain, all the inequities and embrace some mystical risk-free wave of feminism spoon fed to you by corporate patriarchy.
"None so blind" and all that.
redqueen
(115,103 posts)redqueen
(115,103 posts)These battles for liberation will continue for a long time. A VERY LONG time.
It helps to remember it took generations before we got the right to vote. The battles to control our own bodies, to escape the sex class, to no longer be treated as if our sex is an insult... generations.
And the fact that they're fighting us so viciously should be encouraging. I remember when I bristled at the notion that someone would use the insult "throws like a girl" here, and I was roundly mocked. Back then, the response to challenging this sexist reinforcement of women's lower status resulted in laughter. Before then it was probably just ignored.
Now it's a fight. And you know what comes next.