Women's suffrage poster from Oregan circa 1912.
I haven't posted anything historical in a while so I thought I would have a go at some gender issues.
After taking my gender studies class for a while I've found that I too join the masses as a feminist, but I am not so hardcore as others. I don't plan on cursing the name of all men everywhere anytime soon, I realize that there's a reason men and women are so drastically different. And I absolutely sympathize with men everywhere who have to deal with winey, giggly, practically brain-dead girls everywhere. But keep in mind, you decided to date them, so now your stuck with them. There are intelligant, sane women out there, you just have to spend a little time and look for us.
I don't understand the "girls" who insist on acting as flipant and vancant as possible just so they can seem cute and attractive as they think other's will find them. Acting as though you have the IQ of a radish is not attractive. Our ancestors, it turns out, did not struggle for hundreds of years just so you could walk around in stelleto's and bleached hair all day long and say things like "I'm for serious!" And if your boyfriend does like that kind of behavior well then you probably deserve each other, but god help humanity if you pro-create......obviously Darwin's theory is not working out for the rest of us. I think Elizabeth Stanton and Margaret Stanton would be horrified if they saw women today *if you don't know who those two women are then go open a history book....or just look them up online and thank them everytime you or your girlfriend doesn't get knocked up* We are not holding up our end of the bargain, and those of us that are trying, are having to work overtime.
I was once told that we (my generation) are the 3rd generation of feminism, but if thats true, we're in trouble people. Because we're going backwards. There's not a lot of progression being made. Its all being done by women that are my mothers age, women that were part of the 2nd generation of feminism, the baby boomers. So what happens when they're gone? Are we doomed to the dark ages of high necked collars and no birth control? I'd rather live on the Arctic tundra thank you very much.
Meg
