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The new face of feminism
National Post ^ | Wednesday, September 03, 2008 | Andrea Mrozek, National Post

Posted on 09/07/2008 12:03:54 AM PDT by albertabound

She's unqualified. Anti woman. A "right-wing man in a skirt and fetching up-do." Feminists went apoplectic when Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was chosen as Senator John McCain's running mate. The same feminists who keep saying we must have more women in politics suddenly changed their minds. We need more women--just not that kind of woman. How did we manage to get here? Different waves of feminism have rolled in since the suffragettes fought for the right to vote. Today, few are sure what feminism is. If all it means is the right of women to self-determination and to equal opportunity then virtually no one stands against it. That battle has already been won. North American feminists should be working to extend the fundamental freedoms they enjoy to parts of the globe where such freedoms are absent. But instead, they pitch a package of partisan political beliefs at home. Their palette is left-wing and non-negotiable -- especially the part about unrestricted access to, and, ideally, public funding for, abortion. But the "choice" label is not something every woman wants. In this very polarized context, it's not surprising that only the very strongest of conservative and pro-life female politicians would rise to the top. It takes a lot of guts not only to stand up to the kind of sisterly abuse described above, but also to compete effectively in a traditionally male-dominated field. To those untainted by ideology, Sarah Palin is gritty determination personified. To establishment feminists, however, she's a disaster. Why? Two words: family values. She has five kids (which is at least four too many for a dogmatic, career-obsessed feminist) and she's pro-life, even in cases of rape and incest. That she also insists on having the rewarding career that feminists wish they had themselves is just too much.

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KEYWORDS: 2008; feminists; mccainpalin; palin; womanveep
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1 posted on 09/07/2008 12:03:54 AM PDT by albertabound
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To: albertabound
The NOW NAGS hate Sarah because she's not a leftist. And if you're not a leftist, you're not a real woman - and only a pretend feminist!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

2 posted on 09/07/2008 12:05:44 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop
They wouldn't know a real woman if she hit them upside the head. They're jealous of her because she is everything they are not, and deep inside themselves, they know it.

That's my way of marking to read later.

3 posted on 09/07/2008 12:08:19 AM PDT by Aliska
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To: goldstategop

I can’t believe that the NOW crowd isn’t happy that Sarah is chipping at a glass ceiling. If the goal is women’s empowerment, women breaking glass ceilings, and women having a professional career and family life, then Sarah has it all. Sarah is an example of what feminists supposedly wanted to see more of in American women.

When did it become a rule that only liberal women are allowed to excel and break glass ceilings and advance the women’s movement?


4 posted on 09/07/2008 12:08:54 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego
When did it become a rule that only liberal women are allowed to excel and break glass ceilings and advance the women’s movement?

It's been that way for a couple of decades now, at least.

5 posted on 09/07/2008 12:11:04 AM PDT by John Valentine
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To: Dilbert San Diego
When did it become a rule that only liberal women are allowed to excel and break glass ceilings and advance the women’s movement?

It was always the rule. Look at Phyllis Schlafly, and the execrable treatment she's had at the hands of militant feminists. Politics trump everything for these sorts of people.

6 posted on 09/07/2008 12:11:06 AM PDT by TheWasteLand
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To: albertabound

Feminism to liberals means:

1. Despite taking 20 yrs. off work to raise children you should come back as CEO of company.

2. Unlimited abortions including late term paid for by the government.

3. Unlimited welfare benefits, free dry cleaning and a nanny for each mother.

4. Take enough of x-spouses salary so he can never start another family again.

5. Never do a domestic chore again and wear the ‘pants’ in the family.


7 posted on 09/07/2008 12:13:00 AM PDT by TDT
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To: albertabound
That she ( Sarah Palin ) also insists on having the rewarding career that feminists ( like Maureen Dowd ) wish they had themselves is just too much.
8 posted on 09/07/2008 12:15:57 AM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
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To: goldstategop
"The NOW NAGS hate Sarah because she's not a leftist. And if you're not a leftist, you're not a real woman - and only a pretend feminist!"

They aren't very "pro-choice" about the type of woman a woman can be, are they!

9 posted on 09/07/2008 12:16:12 AM PDT by avacado
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To: goldstategop
"The NOW NAGS hate Sarah because she's not a leftist. And if you're not a leftist, you're not a real woman - and only a pretend feminist!"

Exactly!

Sarah isn't a woman to be stopped by a glass ceiling but Obama is looking more and more like a man with a glass jaw.


10 posted on 09/07/2008 12:17:03 AM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: goldstategop
" The NOW NAGS hate Sarah because she's not a leftist. And if you're not a leftist, you're not a real woman - and only a pretend feminist! "

Or ? if your not a white devil hater, your not black, and if God is not a white devil hater, then, he is not God. ( according to Rev. Wright ).
11 posted on 09/07/2008 12:18:14 AM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
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To: Aliska
" They wouldn't know a real woman if she hit them upside the head. They're jealous of her because she is everything they are not, and deep inside themselves, they know it. "

Jealousy sure is ugly.

Another one of the jealous feminist. Dowd.

12 posted on 09/07/2008 12:20:57 AM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
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To: albertabound

I think the feminists look pretty silly and immature going on TV and whining that Governor Palin should be home babysitting the kids and baking cookies. I hope they keep it up. The whole world is laughing at them.


13 posted on 09/07/2008 12:24:11 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (McCain/Palin '08! Real change you won't have to "believe in." You'll be able to see it!!!)
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To: TheWasteLand
The Immoral Grail for the Liberals and Radical/Fascist/Liberal Feminist is : ABORTION & GAY RULERSHIP/DOMONATION over all peoples.
14 posted on 09/07/2008 12:24:37 AM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
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To: TDT
" 4. Take enough of x-spouses salary so he can never exists in the real world and start another family again. "

There now, fixed.
15 posted on 09/07/2008 12:26:53 AM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
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To: albertabound
The skanks from NOW are rabidly pro-abortion. That's why there aren't that many of them left. They aborted all of their babies.

They can't stand Sarah because she kept her Downs Syndrome baby instead of having an abortion. They're afraid that she'll get Roe v Wade overturned, and because she's a beautiful, classy LADY (something those old cows will never be), they're going to despise her. Jealousy is a terrible thing to deal with.

16 posted on 09/07/2008 12:27:32 AM PDT by NRA2BFree
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To: avacado
" They aren't very "pro-choice" about the type of woman a woman can be, are they! "

It's called " selective choosing " sort of like their selective hearing, selective " Free Speech ".
17 posted on 09/07/2008 12:29:05 AM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
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To: albertabound
man, there is so much feminists hate about Palin that it's hard to figure where to start:

she believes in God

she has a husband and love shim

she has 5 kids...obviously likes having sex with a man, something most feminists are too ugly to get to try out

she's beautiful...very nice looking....and nice body too...again...not many feminists know how that feels

she likes guns and understands them...

She loves daddy....most fembots don't even like daddy since their vitriol for all men extends so far

she hunts...lord, Gal Qaeda and PETA must be on suicide watch together

she is arguably the most pro-LIFE candidate we have ever had nationally and has proven thru her own actions she means it

the double standard is not that she's a woman, it's that she's a conservative one....very in fact.

the fembots hate her because she's gorgeous and has nice legs and figure and she is anti-infanticide more than anything....she got the guy and was probably popular in school

i think she is providential...at least I hope she is.

18 posted on 09/07/2008 12:30:42 AM PDT by wardaddy (Obama/Pol Pot 2008)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Because the feminist movement, just like the “civil rights” movement, or environmentalist movement, or the animal rights movement, or the peace movement, or the gay rights movement, all of it are just fake fronts for Marxism.


19 posted on 09/07/2008 12:34:51 AM PDT by Truthsearcher
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To: goldstategop
I love it. The new face of feminism and she's a conservative. It's making leftists sick and exposing the hypocrisy of Democrats as well as social groups like NOW! Photobucket
20 posted on 09/07/2008 12:37:48 AM PDT by xuberalles (The Best Anti-Liberal Novelties On The Net! http://www.cafepress.com/titillatingtees)
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