Feminism as a movement and as a term has been a hollow shell for at least 50 years, and neither has done a damn thing for women. The 60's era "womens" leaders abdicated their duty to women and have been nothing more than craven liberal activists. They have stereotyped their own constituency by boiling them down to single-issue voters (a fact that you reinforced with your defense), wasted decades and millions on the quixotic and ridiculous ERA crusade and generally marginalized themselves by pushing an agenda that was often out of favor with the very people whom they were trying to "advance."Brando70 wrote:What exactly is the myth of feminism? Sarah Palin wouldn't be where she is without feminism.
Women would have done as well or better without the Steinems of the world ignoring the social reality of womens' improving lives and creating elaborate persecution myths that did more to undermine the perception of womens' independence than anything "opponents" of women did.
Since WWII, women have progressed through the collective efforts of millions of women who each did their individual part to demonstrate their value and capacity, not through the selfish and short-sighted efforts of a few politically motivated demagogues. Women have torn down the barriers which once confronted them by demonstrating that given the freedom to do so they can manage the entirety of a life, professional, family and personal without special consideration from government or the law.
Women in the US have a varied and multi-faceted political agenda, while the dinosaurs of the feminist movement still cling pathetically to the rapidly-disintegrating life raft of reproductive rights scare tactics. The very fact that these people have perverted their vision of social advancement and equality to the point where it does not include celebrating the fact that a woman may ascend to the vice-presidency is evidence enough of their obsolescence. The T-Rex is always the last to know.
This is just getting better and better...
