why do women fight for feminism in america?
922931
who is this "we" that gives rights?  rights are not something to give to a woman,,,, its her right to have all the same rights men do,,, as they are both human beings,,,,  nor are women weakening america and christianity,,,, men have been in charge of it all for years, let women have their turn!
430317
They want to think the feminist movement needs to continue...it's all a load of crap if you ask me, and a woman should be encouraged to stay at home if she wants, not discouraged.
131815
You have to look for signs.\n\nBetter still keep it open to a number of prospects, one might hit, then proceed.\n\nThis is not at all an anti-feministic approach, ladies do that too.
805749
Yes women do fight in the war\n\ncheck out this article for some stuff to put in your paper:\nhttp://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/21557/
292890
Makes it tense, especially if a "feminist" is a boss.  Some people have no sense of humor, no sense of proportion, sometimes not even a sense of fairness.  If people get hooked on thinking of themselves in categories, and the category gets defined as "oppressed," they forget they are individuals who are individually responsible for their own actions.  To me, that's what feminism is.\n\nOne of the big names in the so-called Women's Movement was Betty Friedan.  Many years ago, she wrote a magazine article which was titled "Feminism Implies Socialism."  I saw the title, agreed that it was so, and gave up "feminism" for life.  But it is true; if you are a feminist, you are defining life in terms of broad categories of gender, and claiming "reparations" for past prejudice against your category.  That's just plain unfair!
1152816
The terrorists will never fight like men.  They live only to kill women and children, especially Muslim women and children.  That is how they get excited.\n\nYou and I know that when it comes to the defense of the US, party line doesn't matter.  All that matters is safeguarding the American people.  If a Democrat (like Murtha) or Republican wants to cut and run, it is only because they are cowards and should not be allowed to hold public office.
811325
Because their entire paradigm is based on control.  They have been against every issue that would give power to any minority or group that might weaken their control like: women's and black's right to vote, child labor laws, unions, handicapped rights, the minimum wage, social security, medicare, medicaid, unemployment insurance, the list goes on forever.  The point is to keep women under control so they won't upset the cart.  Women's view of the world is definitely contrary to this paradigm and needs to be stopped.
28865
I want to say that I am glad to hear women who don't feel opressed.\n\nA little history on the subject....\n\nMany years ago in the US women didn't have all the same priviledges as men.  They couldn't vote or do several others things men could.  The feminist movement rose up and brought about equal priviledges in these areas.  This was a good thing to happen.\n\nAfter that the more radical people in the movement have continued to feel opressed and voice that opinion.  Just because they feel that way doesn't mean they are anymore.  But, in the US small voices can speak very loudly and have a significant impact on things.\n\nMuch of this modern femenist movement looks down on staying home to raise kids, cooking meals, etc.  They tend to look at it as a unisex with the working world as the place to be and if you aren't in it you are opressed.\n\nThis is of course just a point of view.  Cooking can be great fun (I am a guy who loves it).  Raising kids is a joy that people who work miss out on parts of.\n\nI look at my mom.  She doesn't have to do certain labors cause my dad does.  She had the priviledge to stay home with the kids because my dad worked.  She got to be with us kids more often because of that and it's something my dad missed out on.  My dad working gave her so many priviledges in life.\n\nModern psychology, biology, and sociology show that men and women are different.  They crave different things.  Their brains even react differently to different things.  They are physically build differenlty making them more physically suited for certain tasks.  They are chemically different inside.  This also shows that men think more physically and spacially.  It's part of the difference in brain operation.  This is part of the reason men like physical labor more.  The male body is phycially built that way from muscle structure to brain activity.  In turn women are built to carry children and have the chemical and brain structure for a stronger connection to those children.\n\nThis contradicts the unisex idea that we are the same except for our reproductive organs but many deny this.\n\nIt's really a product of the modern feminist movement.
485637
i'm a guy 36.  sometimes i do think it has been pushed too far.  (for a lack of a better term)  many women have bought into it and they have worked extremely hard for those equal rights that they do deserve.  the thing is that some didn't know and didnt' realize that it cost them so many other things.  i beleive that some women had to become so strong for those rights that it might of cost them a few good relationships and maybe even a family.
379358
I don't believe the US is ready for a woman president. Most men would not vote for one because feminist would use the "victory" to undermind men. Many men that say they wouldn't mind a female president only say so to please woman. To sound "sensative" and "considerate". Woman would not, because they trust men more than they do another women. Woman feel they know too well how other woman are very influenced by inconsitant and hardly controlable emotions and hormones. Most woman stil hold dear their femininity, motherhood, and nurturing. However, the likely female candidates feel woman with this mentality are "holding back the feminist movement". \n\nIn short, men will not vote for anyone that underminds their manhood and role, and woman will not vote for a woman that challenges their womanhood and seeks to reverse the God given roles of men and woman.
711826
Supression of women happenes in any culture where the stuff that men do is prized more than the stuff that women do.  And since the cultures that tended to dominate were warlike, and men are better at killing other people than women, it's pretty obvious that the devaluing of women was inevitable.  And after that, it's easy to say that not only are women worthless, but they don't have a right to disobay men.
375629
It is not a matter of the UN so much as it is a matter of the other member states. The rest of the world either cannot or will not "unite" against what much of it sees as an aggressor, America, that ignores its will. This is much like the argument about how much better the world would be if it was ruled by women. It might be, but neither is an inevitability because neither behaves in a way that indicates a true willingness to act. If America is such a male dominated imperialist power, the world should act, not just make pronouncements about how offended it is, and how morally superior, too. As things are now, even if you booted us out of the UN and payed our part in it, you probably would, and perhaps could, still do nothing but negotiate. You might be proud of your restraint, but that will not give you victory.
82322
It could be taken further faster in certain countries. In the US we have empowerment but we are still discriminated against in certain jobs and situations. Women may not always be as strong physically as a man but there are some women who are stronger/faster/better than their counterpart... OK kick me off of my soapbox I will try to stop lecturing.
308550
The answer from a citizen of the world would be "my country does" and it would be coming from a hypocrite since no country gives the proper respect and value women deserve.  Women are the heart of the family and community etc, etc, but let's be frank, even in this great country of the US of A,  women are so far away from getting the same respect and value men get. Let us consider these simple facts:  Politics: any women president/vicepresident in the 230 years of America's 'fair' and 'equal' system?.... Of the 100 senators, how many women? (14, in case you wonder, that's not good enough!)  Jobs: who gets better salaries doing the same thing?  Socially: who is expected to do more and get little or no credit?  (it's obvious, women do at home, they always do more, sadly they  get less)... \n\nI am a citizen of Mexico and I can say that in none of our Latin American countries men give women their proper place in society. Women are natural leaders, yet we fail to provide them the resources and opportunities.  Octavio Paz, a Nobel Laureate, once said, in Mexico a woman "is an image of both fecundity and death. In almost every culture the goddesses of creation are also goddesses of destruction. Woman is a living symbol of the strangeness of the universe and its radical heterogeneity. As such, does she bide life within herself, or death? What does she think? Or does she think? Does she truly have feelings? Is she the same as we are?" and, ( apologize for writing this in Spanish)" "La mujer es una fiera domestica, lujuriosa y pecadora de nacimiento, a quien hay que someter con el palo y conducir con el freno de la religion"  Basically he said that women are domesticated beasts who are full of lust and sinners since birth and religion should help us control them..."  Strong, isn't it?  \n Yes, I must say it, religion is a tool that helps keep women in a place much more inferior than men... This is not a domestic nor personal issue but a worldwide one.  The time is now to continue making changes at every level to finally admit women into the world.
126228
Good point but not completly true. There are many women who make a specific effort not to seem sexist by discriminating against men. The women you seem to be around are probobly neo-feminists, women who believe that they have the right to look down on men because men looked down on women in the past. Most feminists are actually quite reasonable about sexism. Feminism is used as a derogatory label but all a feminist is is someone who feels women and men are equal, which we are. When you meet women who feel that all men are sexist, ask them about it. If nothing else, you'll get to see things from a new point of view. Good luck!
1011843
I think it's sad that so many feminists are so busy trying to fight a war that doesn't exist that they forget that God made them special and different and beautiful. Instead of embracing who they are they try to become something they're not. I love being a woman and I know I'm not inferior to men, just different. And it's a wonderful difference!
955824
The ones who understand the laws are fine with them. The thing is that many people in America and other parts of the world don't inderstand the laws set in these countries, and people always fear what they don't understand. I saw the post above me that talks about a small minority of women from KSA who 'escaped' and wrote books on their 'lives'. I am sure you can find hundreds of thousands of women in the United States that have endured discrimination in the workplace ,Schools and even at home as copmared to there male counterparts and some who have been abused physically to quite an extent.. This Does not mean that all women hold that same point of view or are treated the same. Well the truth is that there is no abuse being done to the women in Saudia Arabia, they are free todo whatever is permitted to them through religon and they have all the rights that God has given them. We talk about freedom in the US but even to this day there has not been a single female president in the US, where as islamic countires such as Pakistan and Bangladesh have had female leaders. The women in the US have this Visage of freedom whereas they still have to struggle ten times more then men to get anywhere equal to men.In the 250 or years of US Democracy We have selected the first Female as head speaker in the Senate, it has taken over 200 years , where is the equality now? Lets not forget salaries , women are paid less then men for the same jobs on average( http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/12/08/working_women_earn_less/?page=1 just one of many articles on research done), where is the equality ? All I am saying is that The east has a different way of life which has been there for the last 1400 years and it is very difficult for a person living in societies such as the US to understand the brain set of these people, we should not be so quick to judge there traditions based on a handful of scorned women. bottom line statistics are always bias and they never give the whole story. remember that saying , Believe Half of what you see and none of what you hear.