Is Feminism the real "F" Word?

Earlier in the week, we watched this movie called, "I Was a Teenage Feminist". Yet again, I was shocked by how much I did not now about feminist. For as long as I can remember, I have had this thought that being a feminist was something that was negative. My thinking was that all feminists were gay, hated men and refused to shave their legs. This is false. It may be true for some of the radicals out there, but it made me think about the true meaning of being a feminist. The real meaning is " 1 : the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes 2 : organized activity on behalf of women's rights and interests" according to merriam-webster.com.

In the movie, abortion was a huge topic toward the end. Abortion is a really sticky topic to cover. My opinion on the subject is this... I am first and foremost Pro-Life, but I do believe that women should have the right to decide. I know it seems like I'm contradicting myself, but that's how I feel. Babies should not be killed because the parents (and I do mean parents because it takes two to tango if you know what I mean) made a mistake. I think that if the decision was made not to use some kind of contraceptive and pregnancy was the result then it's the responsibility of the parent/parents to man and/or woman up and handle that responsibility. Now, if the woman decides to go through with an abortion then that's a choice that she will have to live with. So I guess in a nutshell if you have a baby and you don't want it, the best choices from a moral and Christian standpoint are 1)Keep it and 2)Give it up for adoption but you are a human being and as such, you have the right to abort it if you want to, but it's still murder never-the-less.

I think this world would be so much better without inequality. I know for a fact that many people have this same view. That's one of the goals of feminists as I am slowly realizing. I think it's going to take a long time to achieve those goals though. Many of those goals are just within reach. For example, many women have careers now, but they are not as well paying as a man's career. Then there's the whole Glass Ceiling problem keeping women from being in the top positions in the business world. My boyfriend and I had a conversation about women in the workfield. I wanted to get his opinion on the difference between hiring women vs hiring men. His opinion was that if he were an employer for a physically demanding business he would hire the man first because men are naturally stronger than women. So my response to that was "What if the woman was completely parallel to the man mentally and physically". He responded with, "I would still pick the man." When I asked him why, he said, "Because a man's stength is superior to that of a woman". I think that if a woman can parallel a man in anycase then it should be a toss up at to who should get the job....that's comletely fair. If equality exists, (which it does) it should be available for everyone.

I had just heard via youtube.com about Maia Campbell and how she was caught high on drugs prostituting. Her face was everywhere and some derogatory comments were made about her. People were completely ruthless calling her everything in the book. The most shocking part about the whole situation was the fact that there are plenty of male ex-childhood celebrities that have gone on the wrong path, and yet she was outed.

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Love always

Syd