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CallaFirestormBW -> RE: Feminism and submission (7/6/2010 9:44:07 AM)
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~FR~... apologies in advance if this has already been mentioned.
To me, the key aspect of note in feminism is the freedom for women to -choose- their path... My struggle with the "feminist movement", so to speak, is that it seemed to me that the goal was to force women to choose (1) not to have kids (2) not to be a home-maker (3) not to choose to be submissive.... EVEN if that was the individual woman's most comfortable expression of self.... and to me, that is the reason that I've never been an active "feminist" in the sense of participating in the "women's organizations" and all of that.
To me, the goal of the human being focuses on self-actualization... becoming fully what one IS, and learning to express that honestly in the world, and I find that goal compelling and completely disregarding of gender or orientation. To me, genuine "feminism", as in "respect for women's ability and right to choose the way they want to live their lives" would then include, without accusation, self-loathing, or malice, things like choosing to become a mother, choosing to be a 'stay-at-home' mom, choosing to be a home-maker with or without children, choosing to yield authority... as long as that was the way the woman in question felt fulfilled, NOBODY else, other women included, would have the right to restrict that essential right of expression.
To me, "feminism" as it is often preached is just as limiting as misogynism... and what is worse is that we are doing it to OURSELVES.
Calla
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