[A_perfect_lady]

Now wait. I don't see the problem with saying that feminism wasn't meant to make women "happy." Ending slavery wasn't to make Blacks "happy." Freeing the colonies from England and establishing our own country wasn't done to make us "happy." This is a puerile idea. Nothing external will make you "happy." It can only remove pain and oppression so that you are free to... does the phrase "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness" ring a bell, folks? Notice it's not "life, liberty, and happiness." It's life and liberty so that you may PURSUE happiness.

And this never goes down well on Free Republic, but I'm going to go ahead and do it (again) anyway: I have had relationships and I have had a career. I have come to the conclusion that having my own career, my own money, my own home, and being single is preferable to being any man's helpmate. Now, I'm not saying all women should be like me (obviously, that would be a problem.) But some women ARE like me, and trying to shoe horn us into the "wife and mother" role does not work well for us nor anyone near us.

Feminism did allow women like me to go to college, get jobs, support ourselves, and opt out of the marriage-n-motherhood path, and for that I am grateful. I don't think much of the modern purple-hair & piercings set of overweight little man-haters, but I do not regret women gaining the right to full legal adulthood.

[rktman]

As long as it works for you, congrats. But, would you not have been able to go to college had feminism not played a part? Just wondering. 🤔😀

[Bonemaker]

“Feminism did allow women like me to go to college...”

Thats odd...there were tons of women (and blacks) in college when I was there in the 50’s...long before feminism. And I’m reasonably certain the same was true for many years before that.