The women’s movement has failed women. They’ve spent decades telling us that
Violence is not okay
All women are okay, beautiful
Empowerment of women is important
The experiences of all women are of equal value and importance.
But nothing has changed.
I regularly visit the local pool, and find that women still mistrust each other. We are still afraid to wander around naked in front of other women. Statistics show that women are increasingly offending in the areas of domestic violence and sexual assault, and this can be seen in the way we fear each other.
Women are still victims of assault and violence by both men and other women. So much for all the talk of empowerment – we still get into violent relationships. Refuges tell us that any choice we make is valuable, even if it means that we return to violent partners with our kids.
Observing other women at the local pool, I see how little we hate and are ashamed of our bodies and our sexuality. We try to hide ourselves from others, fearing that we do not compare adequately with them. It seems we can’t value ourselves for our difference – instead we accept and follow the high beauty standards set by others. Where’s the empowerment and mutual support in this?
It does show that we’re equal with men in some areas. We have discovered the same right as men to abuse other women, and to set high standards for beauty. We have the freedom to return to violent partners, and in doing so put our children’s life and safety at risk
The women’s movement has been hijacked by a belief that some women are better than others. If you’re lesbian, maori, disabled, poor, or politically left-leaning – you get the jobs, the money, the kudos. Everyone else is abused, called names, marginalised.
No doubt I’ll be accused of being anti-women and blaming the victim. Name-calling like this is a good way to shut down debate – it’s worked for the left for generations. But they have yet to convince many people that all women are beautiful, valuable, empowered people.
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The 'Women's Vote' is a myth!
Senator Clinton and Governor Palin are proof that women can and do diverge on important issues.
Even on the question of whether women should vote!
Most people are totally in the dark about HOW the suffragettes won votes for women, and what life was REALLY like for women before they did.
Suffragettes were opposed by many women who were what was known as 'anti.'
The most influential 'anti' lived in the White House. First Lady Edith Wilson was a wealthy Washington widow who married President Wilson in 1915.
Her role in Wilson's decision to jail and torture Alice Paul and hundreds of other Suffragettes will never be fully known, but she was outraged that these women picketed her husband's White House.
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Not all women are beautiful. If they were then the term would be rendered meaningless. What is wrong with recognising that some women are beautiful and some women are average and some women are not? If its true then so what?
What I think is awful is being beautiful and having to pretend you don't think you are that great or that the ugly chick next to you is just as beautiful as you are or that there is something to be mistrusted or wrong about being beautiful because you are setting an impossible standard for others.
I get sick of people being jealous of the fact that at 35 I don't have wrinkles and I look far younger and more attractive than they do - so what? Does it make them suck as women? Are they any less a valuable person than me? Not necessarily at all!
Why is the solution to this problem the claim that all women are beautiful? Stating that they are is to buy into the concept of valuing people based on appearance. Someone's worth is measured in their character. If they are beautiful, then that's just icing on the top.
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