Yeah, it's totally unpopular on this stack to be partially for feminism. There was a time when women could not have credit cards (or could, so long a a man co-signed--gee, sound like those women who can only exit the house if a man is with her in Arab countries much?), could not sue for sexual harassm…
Yeah, it's totally unpopular on this stack to be partially for feminism. There was a time when women could not have credit cards (or could, so long a a man co-signed--gee, sound like those women who can only exit the house if a man is with her in Arab countries much?), could not sue for sexual harassment, couldn't get health insurance at same rates as dudes, could get fired for being pregnant, could not serve on juries.
Sure, the "you can have it all" sales pitch was only ever a sales pitch, and a crazy-making one at that, and yes, the idea that women can perform equally to men in arenas involving physical strength is hogwash (and I used to do manual labor alongside dudes so I can say this!)--BUT. I read a lot of comments here that are just blanket rejections of feminism, and I see where the pendulum is going to swing and it doesn't look any healthier, if people are going to forget that feminism brought some benefits we now take for granted.
Though there are plenty now arguing that women should NOT vote, so maybe C&C readers'll catch up to that one and start arguing for it, too.
Thanks for providing a little nuance.
Yeah, it's totally unpopular on this stack to be partially for feminism. There was a time when women could not have credit cards (or could, so long a a man co-signed--gee, sound like those women who can only exit the house if a man is with her in Arab countries much?), could not sue for sexual harassment, couldn't get health insurance at same rates as dudes, could get fired for being pregnant, could not serve on juries.
Sure, the "you can have it all" sales pitch was only ever a sales pitch, and a crazy-making one at that, and yes, the idea that women can perform equally to men in arenas involving physical strength is hogwash (and I used to do manual labor alongside dudes so I can say this!)--BUT. I read a lot of comments here that are just blanket rejections of feminism, and I see where the pendulum is going to swing and it doesn't look any healthier, if people are going to forget that feminism brought some benefits we now take for granted.
Though there are plenty now arguing that women should NOT vote, so maybe C&C readers'll catch up to that one and start arguing for it, too.