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Thanks
for your note to FEMINIST.COM--and
I'm sorry that you have had
to "be on the front lines" of
the battle against feminism.
As public opinion shows, people
do not fear or even resist feminism
when they know what it means.
The problem is that people misinterpret
its meaning. If you look up
feminism in the dictionary it
will say the movement for the
full "social, political, and
economic equality of women."
You might want to look it up
in your dictionary for your
presentation--and remind your
classmates that that was the
same definition used in the
1960s. Also, don't let anyone
fool you into believing that
feminism was about "bra burning"--in
fact, no bras were ever burned--and
about "man hating"--if they
question you on this--ask them
which feminist has ever been
a "man hater." You will likely
find that people can't answer
the question, because their
ideas of feminism are based
purely on interpretation, not
on what actually happens.
For the 1960s aspect of feminism,
you should reference a book
called Feminist Chronicles:
1953-1993 which includes
a detailed time-line of feminist
activities during those years.
I hope this helps--and what
might help the most, is knowing
that you are not alone. Feminists
have been fighting misrepresentation
as long as it has been around.
It's a mark to the necessity
of feminism that we are still
waging these battles.
—Amy
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