Saturday, February 9, 2008

Mothers Without Fathers

The case for settling for Mr. Good Enough. Great article with lots of wisdom in hindsight from Lori Gottlieb in the Atlantic. Extreme feminism has never, nor ever will get the job done when it comes to realistic expectations in everyday life and marriage.

Of course, all this begs the question, has feminism jumped the shark? The case is made that the answer is yes for a long while, for most of us it's a movement that's over. When extreme positions finally eat its young--like so-called feminists thinking fundamental Islamic chauvinism/ brutality is actually good for women--- it's history except for a small fringe that hangs on like smelly, middle-aged hippies from the sixties and disenfranchises itself with its own extreme and contorted thought processes.

Women everywhere, no matter what they call themselves, should be raising hell about the treatment of our sisters in these slavish Muslim regimes.

BTW, I wonder why some of my liberal commenters here don't ever comment on posts like this one? What, cat got your tongue?
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2008 at 5:47 PM

    Nope. Doesn't have my tounge.

    Didn't we discuss this last year when you lambasted feminists organizations for not saying enough about the Taliban and other crminially abusive Muslim groups?
    What is this, a rerun - or do you just need a refresher?

    Here's one feminist who's been outfront and outspoken the Taliban:

    http://www.comedycontact.com/mleno.html

    Here's another:

    http://feminist.org/afghan/back2school.asp

    Here's what the left has to say about the treatment of women in Islamic theocracies:

    http://www.now.org/press/10-07/10-08b.html

    http://feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=8247

    And here's an Iraqi feminist who talks about the US backed constitution and it's impact on women's rights:

    http://www.democracynow.org/2005/10/17/iraqi_feminist_yanar_mohammed_on_the

    Here's the Bush administration's idea of women's rights:

    http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1005-05.htm

    Yeah. The *left* has been silent about the abuse of women in Islamic regimes.

    LOL. Again.

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  2. MarieFebruary 9, 2008 at 9:23 PM

    That was a good article. My son married last year (at age 18) a young woman who had just turned 20.

    They are very happy. They are building their lives together.

    I find myself becoming an advocate of early marriage (in general, I wouldn't order anyone to do it!) I don't believe in fornication, for spiritual reasons, of course, but it also results in unwanted pregnancies, STD sharing, and an "easy quit" attitude towards serious relationships that are detrimental to any future marriages.

    I think marriage is better.

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