are you a feminist?

[chrysostom]

You're the one who admitted to being a feminist.

how did I do that?

 

[annabenedetti]

Masculine is strong by definition. Feminine is not, it is soft, nurchuring and caring by (standard) definition. And by standard, I don't mean the perverted version of the left.

That's why I said strong and feminine. It is possible to be both, you know.

Feminine as in soft, nurturing and caring in nestling a baby, kissing away his tears and his booboos, helping a young one learn how to tie his shoes, care for a baby puppy, rocking him back to sleep after a bad dream, all of those things and many, many more ways of being gentle and feminine.

And strong - as in wiping the bottom of a dying father who could no longer control his bodily functions with as much care and love as I wiped the bottoms of my babies. Of watching the bodies of two loved ones zipped into body bags, and handling the mortuary details with calmness, of countless sleepless nights at the ER, of fighting for my life twice after childbirth complications, of crawling on the floor to the bathroom to throw up while taking care of three kids under the age of six also throwing up, of standing up to arrogant doctors who though they were God in the defense and protection of my loved ones in hospital, of countless dinners cooked, laundry loads washed, toilets cleaned, baseball, soccer and track events cheered, groceries shopped, doctor's visits scheduled, leaves raked, garden weeded, windows washed, vomit cleaned up from car seats, floors, beds, and little bodies, prescriptions filled... usually with inadequate sleep and while fending off sexual harassment from men who see themselves as strong and women as weak.

 

[annabenedetti]

#24 Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream.

All credit for my post of the day goes to el Rushbo.

I can see why you gave him all the credit; after all, who would want to own such an ignorant comment?

 

[bybee]

That's why I said strong and feminine. It is possible to be both, you know.

Feminine as in soft, nurturing and caring in nestling a baby, kissing away his tears and his booboos, helping him learn how to tie his shoes, care for a baby puppy, rocking him back to sleep after a bad dream, all of those things and many, many more ways of being gentle and feminine.

And strong - as in wiping the bottom of a dying father who could no longer control his bodily functions with as much care and love as I wiped the bottoms of my babies. Of watching the bodies of two loved ones zipped into body bags, and handling the mortuary details with calmness, of countless sleepless nights at the ER, of fighting for my life twice after childbirth complications, of crawling on the floor to the bathroom to throw up while taking care of three kids under the age of six also throwing up, of standing up to arrogant doctors who though they were God in the defense and protection of my loved ones in hospital, of countless dinners cooked, laundry loads washed, toilets cleaned, baseball, soccer and track events cheered, groceries shopped, doctor's visits scheduled, leaves raked, garden weeded, windows washed, vomit cleaned up from car seats, floors, beds, and little bodies, prescriptions filled... usually with inadequate sleep and while fending off sexual harassment from men who see themselves as strong and women as weak.

Amen Sister. I'm thinking that every woman on here could add to this wonderful post!
This is "Post of the Day" for me!

 

[annabenedetti]

Thanks bybee, and yes... every woman here can add to this post. There are those here who have gone through things I haven't and I admire their strength and their courage. We all have our stories.

 

[Rusha]

Amen Sister. I'm thinking that every woman on here could add to this wonderful post!
This is "Post of the Day" for me!

I think that for some if a woman is not passive and obedient to every male command, she is a feminist.

Unfortunately, the word is normally utilized nowadays to describe a woman who does not agree with every point a man believes he is making.

 

[Arthur Brain]

Amen Sister. I'm thinking that every woman on here could add to this wonderful post!
This is "Post of the Day" for me!

Seconded.

:thumb:

 

[bybee]

I think that for some if a woman is not passive and obedient to every male command, she is a feminist.

Unfortunately, the word is normally utilized nowadays to describe a woman who does not agree with every point a man believes he is making.

Yup!
"The Stepford Wives" is not too far off the mark for what too many men think is ideal.

 

[Rusha]

Yup!
"The Stepford Wives" is not too far off the mark for what too many men think is ideal.

THAT is exactly it ...

Anyone who can't behave like a good little Stepford wife is a ... feminist.

 

[Nick M]

And strong - as in wiping the bottom of a dying father who could no longer control his bodily functions with as much care and love as I wiped the bottoms of my babies. Of watching the bodies of two loved ones zipped into body bags, and handling the mortuary details with calmness, of countless sleepless nights at the ER, of fighting for my life twice after childbirth complications, of crawling on the floor to the bathroom to throw up while taking care of three kids under the age of six also throwing up, of standing up to arrogant doctors who though they were God in the defense and protection of my loved ones in hospital, of countless dinners cooked, laundry loads washed, toilets cleaned, baseball, soccer and track events cheered, groceries shopped, doctor's visits scheduled, leaves raked, garden weeded, windows washed, vomit cleaned up from car seats, floors, beds, and little bodies, prescriptions filled... usually with inadequate sleep and while fending off sexual harassment from men who see themselves as strong and women as weak.

Small time. Try being a woman in Afghanistan. The Taliban would have executed you a long time ago just for being on TOL. Which is why I try and bring Islam to the attention of you all with my thread. They are wrong, as is chrysostom.

 

[bybee]

Small time. Try being a woman in Afghanistan. The Taliban would have executed you a long time ago just for being on TOL. Which is why I try and bring Islam to the attention of you all with my thread. They are wrong, as is chrysostom.

Nick, while I get your point, no life is small time!
I am grateful to you for your thread on Islam. Radical Islam is the greatest threat at work in the world today.

 

[Arthur Brain]

Small time. Try being a woman in Afghanistan. The Taliban would have executed you a long time ago just for being on TOL. Which is why I try and bring Islam to the attention of you all with my thread. They are wrong, as is chrysostom.

'Small time'?

You're an idiot.

 

[annabenedetti]

Small time. Try being a woman in Afghanistan. The Taliban would have executed you a long time ago just for being on TOL. Which is why I try and bring Islam to the attention of you all with my thread. They are wrong, as is chrysostom.

It's not small time, no. I won't give you that.

But a first-world woman's hardships can pale in comparison to a woman's plight in any second or third world country. In that I totally agree with you.

That doesn't take away from what we go through or have gone through in our own history, collected or individual.

 

[Rusha]

Radical Islam is the greatest threat at work in the world today.

That it is ...

 

[Traditio]

That's why I said strong and feminine. It is possible to be both, you know.

Feminine as in soft, nurturing and caring in nestling a baby, kissing away his tears and his booboos, helping a young one learn how to tie his shoes, care for a baby puppy, rocking him back to sleep after a bad dream, all of those things and many, many more ways of being gentle and feminine.

And strong - as in wiping the bottom of a dying father who could no longer control his bodily functions with as much care and love as I wiped the bottoms of my babies. Of watching the bodies of two loved ones zipped into body bags, and handling the mortuary details with calmness, of countless sleepless nights at the ER, of fighting for my life twice after childbirth complications, of crawling on the floor to the bathroom to throw up while taking care of three kids under the age of six also throwing up, of standing up to arrogant doctors who though they were God in the defense and protection of my loved ones in hospital, of countless dinners cooked, laundry loads washed, toilets cleaned, baseball, soccer and track events cheered, groceries shopped, doctor's visits scheduled, leaves raked, garden weeded, windows washed, vomit cleaned up from car seats, floors, beds, and little bodies, prescriptions filled... usually with inadequate sleep and while fending off sexual harassment from men who see themselves as strong and women as weak.

Well aren't you full of yourself! :mmph:

 

[annabenedetti]

Well aren't you full of yourself! :mmph:

What are you full of?

 

[Traditio]

Because a woman's right to vote would be considered a feminist accomplishment by men who would take that right away if they could, I've seen it said here and elsewhere. In their minds, if you support our right to vote, you're a feminist.

Then may the record show that I emphatically am not a feminist! Any measure which enfranchizes more stupid people is, to my mind, a most stupid measure (not saying that all women are stupid; that said, like any population, there are a vastly greater number of stupid women than non-stupid women).

I also strongly dislike the fact that women can drive cars.

 

[annabenedetti]

Then may the record show that I emphatically am not a feminist! Any measure which enfranchizes more stupid people is, to my mind, a most stupid measure.

I also strongly dislike the fact that women can drive cars.

I strongly dislike the fact that you can type.

 

[Selaphiel]

Then may the record show that I emphatically am not a feminist! Any measure which enfranchizes more stupid people is, to my mind, a most stupid measure (not saying that all women are stupid; that said, like any population, there are a vastly greater number of stupid women than non-stupid women).

I also strongly dislike the fact that women can drive cars.

:dizzy:

This post isn't exactly making a great case for your lack of stupidity...

 

[chrysostom]

:dizzy:

This post isn't exactly making a great case for your lack of stupidity...

thank you for your contribution

I am sure you are doing the best you can