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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: 7/9/2007 06:48:51 AM
Category: Social Issues
Type: Premium Paper
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