Y'know...

[Victor_c3]

34. I don't know why every man isn't an ally in feminism

we all have mothers, grandmothers, aunts, nieces, daughters, wives, etc that we love and whom the last thing we'd want to see happen to them is for them to be hurt or taken advantage of. I don't get why 100% of people aren't on board with most of the feminist points.

Honestly, with the above in mind, I don't even get why there needs to be a feminism. So much of it should be automatic - kind of like gay rights. There just shouldn't be a struggle. But there is.

I remember laughing when this big tough army guy that I had an ROTC scholarship with enrolled in a series of feminist theory classes. Well, he was right. I ended up marrying a hardcore feminist and I have two daughters. They have greatly enlightened me as to how biased our society really is towards a middle class straight white male like me. In fact, I realize that I have such an advantage in our society that I hardly am able to see it (if that makes any sense). Hey, I want my daughters to be able to be all that they can be in life. I fully embrace the feminist struggle and I will do everything I can do to ensure that they can be just as successful as I am.

Obama did a great job in his second debate when he answered that college-aged woman when she posed her question regarding feminism. Feminism is a middle class issue and an issue that belongs to all Americans. When women are equal in every aspect, our middle class families will all share in their prosperity. If my wife could, on average, make the same amount of money for doing the same job as a man, we would all benefit and America would be stronger.



(I hope I make sense, I've been drinking a little too much this evening....)