I love your story. I felt I was reading my own views and struggles with feminism. I have always considered myself a feminist. I celebrate seeing women in positions that during my mother’s time, were impossible to achieve. However, my own daughters have taught me that we can embrace our femininity without fighting the ability to choose tr…
I love your story. I felt I was reading my own views and struggles with feminism. I have always considered myself a feminist. I celebrate seeing women in positions that during my mother’s time, were impossible to achieve. However, my own daughters have taught me that we can embrace our femininity without fighting the ability to choose traditional roles. For example, choosing to stay home to raise children over career. The success we’ve achieved is that a young woman can be more than a housewife today. In addition, I would love to see in my lifetime a woman president. I’m disappointed to see that society is still holding to the traditional standards for women while ignoring the immoral and criminal behaviors of males. Recently, my husband of 35 years referred to me as his « woman ». I corrected him and told him I don’t belong to anyone. You’re right when you write about how these ideas can creep into our relationship and sabotage our marriage of the joys of a heterosexual relationship. I have come to the conclusion that I can embrace my femininity and celebrate the achievements of women in society. Women have come a long way, but the patriarchal society has not evolved as much as I would like it to. There are nuances and derogatory terms used to describe women as weak and unstable. A weak man is called a p….(female genitalia). Everyone has been born through this canal. In my opinion, the strongest member of the human race.
I love your story. I felt I was reading my own views and struggles with feminism. I have always considered myself a feminist. I celebrate seeing women in positions that during my mother’s time, were impossible to achieve. However, my own daughters have taught me that we can embrace our femininity without fighting the ability to choose traditional roles. For example, choosing to stay home to raise children over career. The success we’ve achieved is that a young woman can be more than a housewife today. In addition, I would love to see in my lifetime a woman president. I’m disappointed to see that society is still holding to the traditional standards for women while ignoring the immoral and criminal behaviors of males. Recently, my husband of 35 years referred to me as his « woman ». I corrected him and told him I don’t belong to anyone. You’re right when you write about how these ideas can creep into our relationship and sabotage our marriage of the joys of a heterosexual relationship. I have come to the conclusion that I can embrace my femininity and celebrate the achievements of women in society. Women have come a long way, but the patriarchal society has not evolved as much as I would like it to. There are nuances and derogatory terms used to describe women as weak and unstable. A weak man is called a p….(female genitalia). Everyone has been born through this canal. In my opinion, the strongest member of the human race.