has the feminist movement helped or hurt the american family?
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Not only has feminism hurt the familly, it has hurt the goals of women as well. The problem with feminism is that it involves women leading women. Which is just as dangerous as men leading men. In both cases, the leaders only have hindsight, and no foresight of the longterm results of their decisions and actions. The only one that can tell the result of a decision or action before it is chosen or occurs is Christ.\n\nIn anger to the mistreatment of women by men, (both true and axagerated) women have fought to convince men to think of and treat women as if they were men. What women didn't consider is that men let men fend for themselves, and men can be very rough amongst each other. As a result:\n\n-men expect women to provide for themselves, since men do\n-men are more proned to be just as violent and tempermental with women as with men.\n-men are more likely to hold back their feelings from women, since men often stay "strong" amongst themselves\n-men are less considerate of the emotional differences of women. Since men tend to hide emotions more often and with greater ease, (due to great differences in hormonal inconsistencies)\n-men expect women to carry their burdens like men. Including pregnancies. Such as in the military, a man is expected to keep with the group no matter the weight carried. In the workplace, a man is expected to carry his load, despite sickness or injury, without complaint.\n-men are less compasionate for women. Even in situations of sexual discrimination or harrasment. These are both a form of bullying. Men are expected to defend themselves from bullies on their own. Therefore, so ought women to.\n\nAlthough many, if not most, men would still rather treat women as precious, and tender, they fear seeming "sexest" or "male shovanistic". Many women also long for the compasion, romance, and care of a man, such as in the early 1900's and before, but fear that asking for such would give warrent to sexual disrespect yet again.\n\nAll in all, the femenist movement has only helped destroy the Christ ordained family structure, and the very dreams women longed for. Thus proving, neither men nor women have the infinite knowledge, wisdom, understanding, hindsight, or forsight necessary to lead any people. Only Christ has these virtues.
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You don't AGREE WITH IT???  Do something about it!  I'm seriously shocked that you had to ask this question... I would move to protect ANY LIVING CREATURE whether I knew them or not.  I hate to post this huge peice of info, but you need to see it.\n\nEstimates range from 960,000 incidents of violence against a current or former spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend per year1 to three million women who are physically abused by their husband or boyfriend per year.2 \nAround the world, at least one in every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused during her lifetime.3 \nNearly one-third of American women (31 percent) report being physically or sexually abused by a husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives, according to a 1998 Commonwealth Fund survey.4 \nNearly 25 percent of American women report being raped and/or physically assaulted by a current or former spouse, cohabiting partner, or date at some time in their lifetime, according to the National Violence Against Women Survey, conducted from November 1995 to May 1996.5 \nThirty percent of Americans say they know a woman who has been physically abused by her husband or boyfriend in the past year.6 \nIn the year 2001, more than half a million American women (588,490 women) were victims of nonfatal violence committed by an intimate partner.7 \nIntimate partner violence is primarily a crime against women. In 2001, women accounted for 85 percent of the victims of intimate partner violence (588,490 total) and men accounted for approximately 15 percent of the victims (103,220 total).8 \nWhile women are less likely than men to be victims of violent crimes overall, women are five to eight times more likely than men to be victimized by an intimate partner.9 \nIn 2001, intimate partner violence made up 20 percent of violent crime against women. The same year, intimate partners committed three percent of all violent crime against men.10 \nAs many as 324,000 women each year experience intimate partner violence during their pregnancy.11 \nWomen of all races are about equally vulnerable to violence by an intimate.12 \nMale violence against women does much more damage than female violence against men; women are much more likely to be injured than men.13 \nThe most rapid growth in domestic relations caseloads is occurring in domestic violence filings. Between 1993 and 1995, 18 of 32 states with three year filing figures reported an increase of 20 percent or more.14 \nWomen are seven to 14 times more likely than men to report suffering severe physical assaults from an intimate partner.15 \nDomestic Homicides\n\nOn average, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in this country every day. In 2000, 1,247 women were killed by an intimate partner. The same year, 440 men were killed by an intimate partner.16 \nWomen are much more likely than men to be killed by an intimate partner. In 2000, intimate partner homicides accounted for 33.5 percent of the murders of women and less than four percent of the murders of men.17 \nPregnant and recently pregnant women are more likely to be victims of homicide than to die of any other cause18 , and evidence exists that a significant proportion of all female homicide victims are killed by their intimate partners.19 \nResearch suggests that injury related deaths, including homicide and suicide, account for approximately one-third of all maternal mortality cases, while medical reasons make up the rest. But, homicide is the leading cause of death overall for pregnant women, followed by cancer, acute and chronic respiratory conditions, motor vehicle collisions and drug overdose, peripartum and postpartum cardiomyopthy, and suicide.20 \nHealth Issues\n\nThe health-related costs of rape, physical assault, stalking and homicide committed by intimate partners exceed $5.8 billion each year. Of that amount, nearly $4.1 billion are for direct medical and mental health care services, and nearly $1.8 billion ar
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I believe this all starts at home. It is we as Americans who lack the drive,responsibility,discipline and just plain lazy. The parents of the children of America find it easier to buy fast food or just flop there kids in front of the TV so they are entertained. Therefore after generations of the same actions cause this huge epidemic. Nothing will change until American parents take action and spen more quailty time with there childern.
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I'm sorry about what happened to you and your family.  \nI can't understand why women put up with abuse, either.  I can only imagine that it's because those men have a power over the women's minds.
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I concur it makes us woman <ahhh I don't know the word...It's not militant but... Unrespectful of males!>...it's been around since the Hippies let all that bad stuff outta 'Pandora's Box' <free sex, drugs, avoiding responsibilites, and womanizing>.  It's too late ... asking to take it away would be like taking away all magazines similar to "Playboy"... we can wish, but it's not going to happen.
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I believe that women still do most of the housework.Mostly our own fault though,we allow it to happen.A man will try to get away with doing nothing.it is up to us to ask them for help.They won't just do it.Most of them won't anyway!
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I don't think feminism is dead. As a matter of fact the Feminist movement has made some great accomplishments. If you think I'm wrong compare things now to  the late 50s and early 60s before the mainstream was even aware of feminism.I hope that this continues until we have true equality in this society.
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Yes, absolutely. Men and women are different and together we amount to greater than the sum of its parts. When women try to do the things that men are better at and men try to do the things that women are better at, all of society opperates LESS efficiently, and everyone suffers, especially children. And since we all know that children are the future, society slowly decays as a result.
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After a bit of snooping I was unable to find any news regarding increased violence or other discriminatory actions vs. women's groups in the United States. \n\nAccording to Amnesty International, discrimination against women still exists in 36 countries.  I'll include in my sources a link to a recent example of this in Iran.\n\nHope that helps,\nArmus
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Feminism is killing everything decent about the world. Fortunately it can't last. It will self destruct and then we'll all get back to reality: most men and women are fundamentally different and operate best in different roles.
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Yes it really does help.  Just be careful because it is going to cause problems in your family and the benifits are not that great...Good luck!
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I'm not sure what you mean by development. You didn't say in what field. If you mean women's emancipation from the home to the work force, there are a lot of things to be considered. Women are now attending colleges and universities in ever increasing numbers. They have invaded every profession with great success, from sports to medicine to archeology and engineering. In the field of politics women are beginning to have a voice to be reckoned with, as they always did, only they are no longer standing behind a man, but rather leading the way. I could go on and on here but without a peg to hang my hat on, so to speak, I'll stop right here. Hope this helps you in some way.
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I wouldn't say likely. But if a man is abused as a child it is a possibility. I think though that if he witnesses his father hitting his mother he might be more likely, if the mother does not show her pain. There were studies about it, but I can't recall where I read them. I don't know how true it is, but the reasoning is; if a man hits his wife in front of his children, the children see this as normal, especially if it doesn't seem to register with the mother. So if a woman bottles it up, it seems it can actually be more damaging to her childrens perceptions on relationships. So the girls tend to date abusive men and the boys sometimes grow up to hit their wives, because it's how they were raised. This is NOT always the case. In many cases where boys witnessed their fathers abusing the mothers and the mother showing mental anguish, the boys actually grew up to be more considerate husbands, possibly overcompensating. I wouldn't think that children who were abused would be more likely to grow up to abuse their children, simply because they understand the pain and fear of an abused child, and would not wish that on their kids, on the flipside, some might view it as the ONLY way to raise their kids, or get them to listen etc, or might just be taking out their deeply imbedded anger and frustration. So like any other kind of abuse, it's really a mixed bag. People are so complex that everyone responds differently to every situation and every trauma. I know some people who were not physically abused, but do so in their relationships, just because they're screwed up in other ways and have a lot of pain they have not dealt with properly. Either way, abuse of any kind is never right, and people who were abused (I don't like the word victim) shold seek professional help if they cannot come to terms on their own. I guess all in all I would say yes, mostly because to many it may seem the norm to be violent and the only way to be or the only way they know how to be in a relationship, however, you should not use this in judging people and never assume that because someone has had such a past that they will be like that.
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There will always be some who believe.  The difference now is that some of her friends would have put pressured her to abort, especially if she were telling people that she was having possible schizophrenic delusions.  \n\nThe women's movement would have told her that if she had the child, that does not mean she needs a man.  They would tell her that Joseph could be ordered to pay half his gross income in child support and beside, men beat women and their children, especially when they find out that they are not the father.  Plus there is the high chance that her child would be sexually abused by him, since all men are either abusers or potential abusers.
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Women's movement stretched when they felt their rights were violated why they could not congregate in groups or on the street...it was not tolerated or allowed.\n\nThe Wig party in Congress showed a more stronger approach not to associate women in Congress when their was none, it was opposed to hide the indifference in voting and yet it stirred a great talk amongst the ladies in the 1800's and that talk would eventually lead to Susan B Anthony giving us our great Flag that Women could do things that were accepted by Man and that was the turning point of women in America that would take charge when the Men went to War and Women stayed at home and started working Man Jobs to keep the economy rolling. They excelled better than Men in most cases and the path was set for good and would never be broken Even after the War, women were tossed back at home when our Soldiers came back from the War, but determined and strong the Women's movement started to accelerate and there was no more housewife to get, she was part of America's turn around and that is a fact that lives on today!
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I think you are on the money with over-compensation.  \nIt's kind of like a teenager that grew up with overly strict parents then goes to college and parties constantly.  It used to be "I can be successful and own my sexuality." But "Owning one's sexuality" has turned so far around that some (mostly young) women don't really own it anymore.\nThe Feminist movement has not taken a step backwards, we're still here going strong and making steps everyday, it's just a little sidetracked at this time.
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I actually just handed in a paper on this\n\nHer governemtn and people of government have evolved from a patriarchal religion.....  Islam and christanity both encourgae and support the women as being porperty to men.  Females are property of their fathers until they are transfered into marriage. where they then become the property of the husband.\nWomen are considred second class citizens and it takes 2-3 women to equal the word of one man.\n\nNorth america evolved from this society but only in the past 50 years. until then it was the right of a husband to beat his wife.\nit wasnt until 1993 that 48 states had outlawed maritail rape.\n\nWomen have been oppressed for many years any most countries.  Its only recently in our parents/grandparents generation that things have changed... It will take more time for all women to enjoy the same freedoms we do here.