Reply #113: sadly, that wasn;'t the whole point. that's revisionist history

[paulsby]

that's why i quoted simone de beauvoir, a giant in the early feminist movement

she was DECIDEDLY anti-choice

imo, TRUE feminists are PRO-choice

but many feminists, especially the first wavers, were not

they wanted to reengineer society. and simone et al didn't want women to HAVE the choice to choose traditional gender roles

i can (kind of ) understand their reasoning, since those roles were so entrenched. but to actually think people should be FORCED to adopt non-traditional roles is JUST AS odious as those who wanted to (and did) force women to adopt traditional role

it should be, and is, all about CHOICE