"Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women access to the mainstream of society."
- Rush Limbaugh
(Rush's 35 Undeniable Truths of Life #24)
Posted on 01/07/2018 9:12:15 AM PST by rktman
Ain’t feminism great? It’s opened so many doors for women. No longer held back by the male patriarchy, women are free to compete in the most cut-throat professions, to seek the most prestigious careers, to run for the highest political offices. Women today are far more educated, well-read, erudite and independent than their sad, sorry sisters of 50 years ago. Wonderful, isn’t it?
Feminists got what they wanted, but – and I know this comes as a shocking surprise – they aren’t happy.
Yet happiness, according to many progressive sources, was never a goal of feminism. Instead, feminism is meant to increase women’s “control, self-respect and privacy” and construct women as “healthy, independent and assertive.” Some saw women’s liberation as an “oppressed people raising their consciousness toward something that is the other side of anger, something bright and smooth and cool.” Feminism allows women to reach their “full potential.”
Dismissing as flawed a 2006 study that determined a “traditional” model (with primary male breadwinner) made women happier, Pamela Haag noted in the Huffington Post: “But, more to the point, the [study’s] headlines blame feminism for not achieving a goal that wasn’t feminism’s to begin with. It’s like saying pole vaulting has failed to solve the health-care crisis.”
And there you have it, folks. Feminism was never meant to make women happy!
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What college did you attend?
I found an old Fortune Magazine article on trophy wives that illustrates the trend I am talking about, but there are no statistics in it.
http://fortune.com/2015/12/24/the-ceos-second-wife-fortune-1989/
It does, however, give the distinct impression that as of the 80s, this was a male trend. And of course, upper-class white women have always driven the feminist agenda as far as I can tell. So the "dumped for a younger woman" narrative that drove 2nd wave feminism may not have accounted for the majority of divorces, but it could easily accounted for the majority of the voices that were heard.
Sorry about that..,forgot to resize image.
Oh, as for men being the winners... maybe? I think they have the advantage until they either get married or impregnate some woman, and then the tables flip with lightning speed. For myself, it’s not about winning or losing. It’s just about being able to live alone and free, and pay my own way, and... just be free. I can’t put it any other way: I do not like being a wife or a girlfriend or a lover or any of it. A hundred years ago, I’d have had little choice unless I had a father who supported me, maybe had a business and helped me out, or put me through school. But my own father was a deadbeat with criminal tendencies, my mother’s family was poor, I was on my own. So yes, without laws that enabled me to join the military, work my way through school, get credit, get a place of my own, etc... I’d have had a lot fewer opportunities.
Lol! I appreciated the information. The circumstances must have been interesting concerning the demographics you described at that time.
“I’d rather have two girls at 21 each than one girl at 42’’.-W.C. Fields.
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Meanwhile, the feminists have brought about the failure of women to fulfill their most basic purpose and function..... to bear children.
Ditto. Thanks for the correction. A sense of humor is a blessing.
That whole essay has to be the most depressing thing I’ve read in a long time. Makes one want to go eat their gun.
I always thought it was about taxation.
Can’t tax a woman at home, taking care of home and kids, though the Democrats (under Clinton - imputed income - they also wanted to tax your wholly owned home for imputted income of the rent you were not paying) thought about tryng it.
Can’t tax a meal cooked at home.
That is an interesting perspective, and is quite possible!
Age only bring more anger.
Right. I wasn’t serious, not about me, anyway, but I can see how it could be for someone who realizes that their whole life has passed them by and they’ve wasted it all. An awfully tough pill to swallow, that one.
Thanks for the reply. The stats don’t bear out the “trophy wife” phenomenon. See table 12.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/mvsr/supp/mv39_12s2.pdf
Women have initiated the bulk of divorces, moreso when kids are involved. The trend really hasn’t changed much over time with women initiating about 2/3 of divorces.
As for the Fortune article, I skimmed it. I doubt such an article would be published today; the BS is strong and they’d be called out for it. One stat that they cited was that somewhere in the range of 15% of CEOs were divorced. That’s a very low rate as compared to general population. And Fortune 500 CEOs are by definition a very small subset of the overall population. A few ultra wealthy twits divorcing to take on a “trophy wife” does not a trend make.
Thanks again for the reply. Feminazism has always used lofty terms like “freedom” and “suffrage” and “equality”to justify its actions. But the closer you look at it, the more you see that the justifiable grievances that the feminazi movement has cited have been relatively few, and relatively mild as compared to the collateral damage wrought. Marriage is a multi thousand year old tradition that exists primarily for the protection of women and children. Hats off to the feminazism movement; they managed to pretty much end it in the US in two generations.
And yes like any war, there are winners and losers. Women and children in general have been the big losers. Marriage only continues amongst upper and upper middle class. Women who want the freedom to have a traditional marriage and raise children are largely denied the opportunity due to a lack of willing men. Women who want the career and all the trappings are getting to enjoy that...alone.
Feminazism has indeed exacted it’s revenge on men, but the price tag for doing so is an informal counter movement that has been devastating in it’s effectiveness and impact on women.
Women who want the career and all the trappings are getting to enjoy that...alone.
Sure. All I'm saying is that, for some of us, that's an acceptable outcome.
Feminazism has indeed exacted it’s revenge on men, but the price tag for doing so is an informal counter movement that has been devastating in it’s effectiveness and impact on women.
You know, I'm going to wait and see on this. How a single woman feels in her 40s and how she feels in her 60s might not be quite the same.
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