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feminism and its influence on the portrayal of sexual power

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From: Cathy rcrb@infostations.com
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002

While researching the "Feminist" point of view I ran across your page. While initially I was quite turned off, I began to realize that you are just plain mis-informed as to the true definition of "Feminist".

My reason for researching feminism is not for some college paper, as I am a 30 year old homemaker and mom of two, but rather it is for trying to put a name to the feelings and thoughts I have about my own worth. You see, as a girl I was unimportant to my father. As a step-daughter I was only as important as my body was available. I grew up believing that my worth as a human was directly related to how much I "put out" and "gave in". Now, in my 30's I am coming to terms with my own worth.

Yes, I consider my self a feminist. I am not however a man hater. Some feminists may be man haters just as some men are definitely "women users" and sexist pigs. I am happily married to a man. I have been happily with this man for over eleven years. I believe that men and women can live together peacefully each respecting each other's talents and abilities.

Like I said, I am a housewife and I am proud to be a housewife. Not because I am female and carrier of the original sin as another of your posters believes, but because the work I do is important for society. I am proud that other women feel fit to work in the corporate world and try to be successful in a typically man's world. But for me, I prefer to raise and educate my two daughters.

My husband is a hard worker. He works outside keeping up our five acres, building homes for us, earning money when he can. He worked hard to save all the money needed to purchase our little home and I will be forever grateful to him for that. I work hard to raise our children and keep our home nice, clean and comfortable. He is grateful to me for that. We mutually respect each other. If he asks me to do something I give it some thought and if I decide that is what I want to do then I do it. He does the same. Neither one gives in because we feel we need to.

So, to sum things up, I believe that you are grouping all feminists into one single definition of "femi-nazis" as described by Rush Limbaugh: man haters, women supremacist, out to destroy the American family with their lesbian lovers and anti-christian morals. When in truth feminists are just as diverse as men are. If I were to do the same stereo typing that you do on your web page I would have to accuse you of molesting young girls in your care, of seeing a woman's worth equal to how good she is in bed or how available she is to you sexually as well as domestically. Get my point?

Thanks for your time and your thought provoking web page.

I just wanted to say that I greatly appreciated your website. I thought myself to be all alone in the world of masculinity.

I was not at all surprised to read some of the responses to your webpage -- it is to be expected that females would raise an unrelenting cry whenever a man peeks his head out of his gender-role container and speaks out.

Keep up the incredible work. We need more people like you.

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