Feminism

So there are lot of misconceptions about feminism and feminists, not least that all feminists are man hating, lumber jacking lesbians or some such who want to overthrow men and do away with family and all kinds of similar notions.

[Feminism is] a socialist, anti-family, political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians. ~Pat Robertson.

Need I say more? Unfortunately it's a well heard view, and part of the reason a lot of women don't think of themselves as feminists even when they are.

fem·i·nism
1. the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.
2. (sometimes initial capital letter) an organized movement for the attainment of such rights for women.
3. feminine character.

fem·i·nism
1. Belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes.
2. The movement organized around this belief.

Maybe it's just that feminism is all about equality, parity and women standing up for themselves, each other, and our rights and protections as human beings. That seems to be scary to too many men in the world - and the idea of owning their own power and standing up for themselves as equals is apparently scary to some women too. From childhood girls are taught to be good, behave, be obedient, be nice, be subservient to the men in their lives - yes even in our supposedly civilized western society.

"I myself have never been able to find out what feminism is; I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute." ~Rebecca West

Society needs an attitude change because too many people still think that women should be doormats, unable to say no or refute any demand made on them - whoever by.

(There will be more on this topic lol)