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Thanks
for your note to FEMINIST.COM.
I hope my answers help you with
your report:
How
successful do you think the
Feminist movement has been?
The feminist movement has been
very successful, but we still
have a lot of work to do. For
instance, if look back just
thirty years and compare the
situation of women then to now--it
is radically different. Now,
women exist is almost every
profession, there is a common
sense knowledge that rape and
domestic violence are crimes
and the poverty alleviation
is a woman's issue. Also, we
have women excelling in sports--and
making their bodies more powerful
in other ways, too. We also
have laws to sue if we do experience
gender discrimination, which
still exists in a myriad of
ways.
How
has it evolved? (Has it become
weaker/stronger? How has it's
focus changed?)
Feminism can't help but become
stronger--we learn from our
mistakes and build on our strengths.
Today many people confuse feminism
as being weaker than it was
30 years ago, but that is only
because feminism has become
more powerful in our personal
lives and therefore, people
misinterpret this as being weaker
in the public, but it's just
more "everyday".
Where
do you see the movement heading?
What would you like to see it
do?
It needs to move in two very
specific directions: 1.) a change
in consciousness. The laws are
in place, but discrimination,
etc...still happens and will
continue to until people realize
that it is just wrong--not just
legally, but morally, ethically,
etc...
What
do you see as the greatest problems
it is facing today?
One of the greatest challenges
today is "hope" and a belief
that just one act does make
a difference. People can't see
the system as a monolith--and
they can't depend on the government
to take their issues into consideration,
we have to make the government
take us into consideration since
they represent us.
—Amy
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