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Is Feminism Necessary in White America?

Submitted by gammyflink on Fri, 09/21/2007 - 5:25pm.

I also don't see it as a war metaphor, but rather as an expression of passion. And you are correct that the passion of earlier feminist movements seems to be missing today.  I ascribe some of that to the fact that the educated white women of America who carried the second wave of feminism have accomplished many of the goals they sought to achieve.  The irony is that some of those accomplishments have lost their luster. 

Personally, I have become more interested in the globalization of feminism and the critical victories achieved in that area.  Note the recent push in Egypt to outlaw genital mutilation, and the outcry in Syria against honor killings.  When one travels extensively in developing countries as I have, one realizes that our brand of feminism is really a luxury.

What is not a luxury is the senseless killing of soldiers and civilians in Iraq, yet other than Cindy Sheehan's burnt out protest, where is the public passion and outcry?  Turned inward, I think, on the material world and our Selves.

Barbara  '57

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