Look at how women are treated in many parts of the world. Oh that's only "backward" cultures you say? Look at what's going on in Israel. Religious extremists in Israel are gaining more and more success in pushing women out of the public arena in the name of *their* religious rights.
Read this: Republicans Retreat on Domestic Violence
Read some of John Piper and Mark Driscoll go on about how poor men have been marginalized by the "feminization" of the church and culture.
And then read about the history of the end of Reconstruction after the civil war and how a combination of Southern propaganda and Northern apathy made it possible for the United States to virtually ignore the 14th and 15th amendments for more than 50 years.
And all you young women enjoying the results of the hard work and sacrifices of the women before you so now you can bat your eyelashes and say "oh I'm not a feminist" don't think for a moment it can't all be taken away from us again if we aren't vigilant.
It can.
Now is a good time (well, it's always a good time) to reread Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale," a novel which never seems to age, which always seems frighteningly relevant, and which reminds us of how quickly our rights and very humanity could be stripped away.
ReplyDeleteKristin I did think of that book while writing this.
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