Comments on: One size does not fit all http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2006/10/11/one-size-does-not-fit-all/ Parenting, Politics and News for the Perfectly Challenged Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:41:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Cristina http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2006/10/11/one-size-does-not-fit-all/#comment-3898 Cristina Fri, 13 Oct 2006 05:52:09 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2006/10/11/one-size-does-not-fit-all/#comment-3898 I've been meaning to read your and HBM's posts on feminism for a while now. Still on my "to-read" list. Anyway, I've always felt that the term "feminism" had some bad conotations that it probably didn't deserve. However, I suspect the label can mean different things to different people. And in that sense I agree with you that taking on a label can be a little sticky in that someone may perceive your values or ideas as different than they are if the label is viewed differently by different people. I’ve been meaning to read your and HBM’s posts on feminism for a while now. Still on my “to-read” list. Anyway, I’ve always felt that the term “feminism” had some bad conotations that it probably didn’t deserve. However, I suspect the label can mean different things to different people. And in that sense I agree with you that taking on a label can be a little sticky in that someone may perceive your values or ideas as different than they are if the label is viewed differently by different people.

]]> By: Jessica Carlson http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2006/10/11/one-size-does-not-fit-all/#comment-3865 Jessica Carlson Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:36:36 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2006/10/11/one-size-does-not-fit-all/#comment-3865 I couldn't agree more. Although I don't seek to bend the definition of feminism, because it's meaning is so well entrenched into it's own stereotype, I do have a personal ideal of what I would like it be. I'd like it to extend to worldwide causes like the suppression of women in the middle east or the horrible violence against women in Darfur and the Congo. In America, I feel feminism has been reduced to upper-middle class brats who are so self-absorbed and spoiled in their own little worlds that they'd rather waste precious resources thinking about trivial crap like how having separate male/female bathrooms makes them less of a person, rather than focusing on real crimes against women (or humanity) which goes on every single day. At one time, radical feminism was needed, but I think that horse-race has been won for the most part. Not to say that certain cases might not be worthy of pursuit, but it's hard for me to get behind something I can't see, experience or empathize with. For example, I've always been paid equal (if not more) than my male counterparts. I've always had female bosses and I don't have issues with men in general. Most of the men in my life have been a positive influence. Just my opinion... I couldn’t agree more. Although I don’t seek to bend the definition of feminism, because it’s meaning is so well entrenched into it’s own stereotype, I do have a personal ideal of what I would like it be. I’d like it to extend to worldwide causes like the suppression of women in the middle east or the horrible violence against women in Darfur and the Congo.

In America, I feel feminism has been reduced to upper-middle class brats who are so self-absorbed and spoiled in their own little worlds that they’d rather waste precious resources thinking about trivial crap like how having separate male/female bathrooms makes them less of a person, rather than focusing on real crimes against women (or humanity) which goes on every single day.

At one time, radical feminism was needed, but I think that horse-race has been won for the most part. Not to say that certain cases might not be worthy of pursuit, but it’s hard for me to get behind something I can’t see, experience or empathize with. For example, I’ve always been paid equal (if not more) than my male counterparts. I’ve always had female bosses and I don’t have issues with men in general. Most of the men in my life have been a positive influence.

Just my opinion…

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