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Feminists

While surfing the internet yesterday I came across an article discussing
women and their role in a changing society. The article, which was written by
Karin Crosbie stated that although women have come a long way in the field of
women's rights, there is still a long way to go. Crosbie stated that she is a
feminist, and as a feminist it is her responsibility to see that action is taken
to further the cause of the women by any means necessary. She explains that
women should not have to prove anything to men by such means as shaving their
legs, nor conform by covering up the natural self with makeup.
I agree with the overall concept she is trying to convey, I feel that
women do need to take ...

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more prevalent within society.
After reading the article I scrolled down the page to where it listed
"more feminist links", the five that were given consisted of; three lesbian
rights pages, and two "neo-feminist pages". Thinking this must be only a small
percentage of feminist pages which were given by this specific author, I went
back and searched many of the feminist pages on the web myself. To my unpleasant
surprise it turned out that almost all were expressive of the same extreme theme.
So what does the current view of feminists as a whole mean to society? I
feel that the current view of feminists is detrimental to the women's movement.
One reason is that I feel the current views expressed by Crosbie are not only
unattractive but in a way repulsive. Once women could be proud to say they were
feminists. Today it is some kind of extreme word that places you amongst
radicals. This image could turn away perspective activists who would be major
contributors to the movement. ...

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Added: 9/7/2006 05:52:56 PM
Category: Social Issues
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 569
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