tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781753636089506134.post2413756553693627537..comments2023-08-22T09:35:36.716-04:00Comments on True Confessions of a Prodigal Daughter: National Offend a Feminist Week! Monday: My History With FeminismMary Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04107504165449607702noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781753636089506134.post-83494682346931802742012-05-13T07:43:10.553-04:002012-05-13T07:43:10.553-04:00Somwhere in 'Vamps & Tramps' Camille P...Somwhere in 'Vamps & Tramps' Camille Paglia describes contemporary feminism as a mouldy vegetable drawer of feminine neuroses :)margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07727534908302610374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781753636089506134.post-15477472315409272162012-05-09T21:24:55.171-04:002012-05-09T21:24:55.171-04:00Great article and looking forward to more. Thanks ...Great article and looking forward to more. Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving a comment.<br /><br />Mike G.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781753636089506134.post-88111131896772884602012-05-08T22:46:17.267-04:002012-05-08T22:46:17.267-04:00Came over here from Fr Z's blog. Wow, great po...Came over here from Fr Z's blog. Wow, great post. I am 48. I was raised in a very secular home but was never a feminist. Maybe because my mother stayed home to raise me and my brother, and I always wanted to the same when I had children. It always seemed to me that, just as you said, a woman should be paid the same for doing the same job as a man. But I noticed as a teen that feminists said they were all for women being able to choose what they wanted to do -- but in reality, the choice to stay home with kids was the wrong choice, as far as they were concerned. So I remained wary of feminism, and have only gotten more wary of it since.Gail Finkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02117490028494416722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781753636089506134.post-87526076869752333832012-05-08T21:15:18.900-04:002012-05-08T21:15:18.900-04:00Mrs. Rudd, thank you! I love your spirit!
Linda, ...Mrs. Rudd, thank you! I love your spirit!<br /><br />Linda, I'm not sure who Mr. G. Guy is, but I'm glad you stopped by. I will try to remember to elaborate on the relationship coaching because there is a funny story to tell. I liked what you said about your family enriching your life. You are indeed blessed. :-)<br /><br />Cassi, I really like how you said this: "... of equal worth but not the same." This is so true. Women are not to be treated as though they're dogs (Some cultures still do this.). We are all precious in God's sight. And boy, oh boy... did you nail it with "choices." Yes. Women are praised by the feminists to make the "anti" choices but let a woman make the choice to be a stay-at-home mom and they froth at the mouth. Real advocates for "choice," eh?<br /><br />Bill, I love it that you commented! You definitely have a right to speak on the topic. Men have been eviscerated by radical feminism for far too long. They have been sent home, bloodied from a fight they didn't even know they started. I found your Heinlein quote fascinating. I read Heinlein long ago but can't remember ever reading that quote.<br /><br />God uses us all and I agree with you: we were created different for a reason. Thanks again for visiting!Mary Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04107504165449607702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781753636089506134.post-64570293481785758142012-05-08T11:33:37.009-04:002012-05-08T11:33:37.009-04:00I know that as a man, I am not supposed even to sp...I know that as a man, I am not supposed even to speak on this topic, but I will chance it. Back in the 70s, I knew several feminist women. Most were rabid. Only one was actually able to laugh at the crazies.<br /><br />My favorite author of science fiction (Heinlein) said: "Whenever women have insisted on absolute equality with men, they have invariably wound up with the dirty end of the stick. What they are and what they can do makes them superior to men, and their proper tactic is to demand special privileges, all the traffic will bear. They should never settle merely for equality. For women, "equality" is a disaster."<br /><br />As a Catholic, I know they can never be ordained to the priesthood. But I also know that there have been many nuns whose accomplishments were huge, and whose actions were informed by their female sensitivities, different as they are from those of men.<br /><br />We were created different for a reason. How foolish we would be to deny it.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00858195676825602917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781753636089506134.post-84401898036554408242012-05-07T23:51:02.347-04:002012-05-07T23:51:02.347-04:00Amen! I, too, have that sense of fairness. A wom...Amen! I, too, have that sense of fairness. A woman who does the same job as a man, and does it just as well, should be paid just as well. I don't deserve a lower salary because I was born without a Y-chromosome. I believe early feminists (you know, the ones who gor us the right to vote, own property, and leave an abusive husband's sorry self and be able to make a life on our own) are to be applauded for their contributions to society. But it ends there. We are not objects, but neither are men. We are of equal worth, but we are not the same. The feminists want us to have "choices", but would deny us the choice to live our lives in a way that honors God. Modern feminism (say the last 50 years or so) has been, in large part, the downfall or our nation. I'll be back to finish the series. :)Cassi Mosherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07665015720293096093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781753636089506134.post-82921332119173039022012-05-07T20:46:06.539-04:002012-05-07T20:46:06.539-04:00Well said. Found you via Mr. G Guy.
"when I...Well said. Found you via Mr. G Guy.<br /><br />"when I gave dating workshops for single women over 40 who were looking for love -- they would have done anything to have been bound in those chains. But that's another story."<br /><br />Amen to that bit in particular. Perhaps you can elaborate in one of your follow up posts this week.<br /><br />Now that I am in that same age bracket, I cannot imagine what life would be without a hubs and kids, but I know for a fact it would be vastly emptier.<br /><br />cheers!<br />LindaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781753636089506134.post-32891340924327858792012-05-07T18:08:36.802-04:002012-05-07T18:08:36.802-04:00Go for it, woman! Give them both barrels!
Lookin...Go for it, woman! Give them both barrels!<br /><br />Looking forward to the rest of the week's posts.Mrs. Ruddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746000583450481327noreply@blogger.com