Mary
For some time, I never personally identified with the
feminist movement. Later I began to consider how all the
politicians, thinkers, writers et. al. whom I had come
to admire would have been perceived very differently had they been of my
gender. Pierre Trudeau would have been criticized for not having been
married, the Jack Kerouac would have been immoral and in
denial of the biological laws of settling down and having children, and we can
well assume that many female thinkers never had the luxury to have time to
articulate herself in writing or were written off by a doctor or even a husband
as having come down with a bout of hysteria. I never felt, previous to this
insight, that there would be anything standing in my way between being Prime
Minister, a great writer, or anything else I wanted to be. And
nor do I.
I find your site an interesting discussion of what it means to be female
without creating victims, or antagonizing men, married women,
home makers, professional women etc. It is important to countenance
that the world is made up of real people and not big bad norms to rail against
in witty ways. I am interested in truth and not what is cool and/or
acceptable.
I have no time for women who equate feminism with unshaven body hair
or Bridget Jones as a role model because she cries and eats ice cream all day
and that should be more realistic because she's weak. I am not interested
in being ironic for it's own sake, I am just interested in exploring what
it means to be a woman with women who don't just want to focus on their failed
relationships or low self-esteem.
Country: Canada
Yes! I want to read more from Real Life Heartless Bitches
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