[Lorianne]

I'm not trying to muzzle her father. I'm trying to say women are smart enough to figure out what is "most important" to them. Neither her father or feminists can determine what is important to a young woman. She has to figure it out on her own.

Many feminists as well as many anti-feminists tend to treat women as being too stupid to think for themselves, organize and prioritize their own lives. That's insulting and frankly, I'm sick of it. Adult women can make their own choices (including mistakes) just like adult men. They don't need pre-chewed ideology stuffed down their throats, no matter which ideology it is. Let's give adult women the benefit of the doubt. After all, God gave her a brain and free will.

Everyone makes mistakes and most everyone has some regrets, but adult women don't need to be babied and protected from mistakes like a child (something many feminists and anti-feminists both try to do). I call ANYONE on the carpet who believes intelligent adult women need to be told what to do and what is MOST important in their own lives.

[SauronOfMordor]

I'm not trying to muzzle her father. I'm trying to say women are smart enough to figure out what is "most important" to them...I call ANYONE on the carpet who believes intelligent adult women need to be told what to do and what is MOST important in their own lives.

In the context of the original posting, it was clear that the daughter in question was not yet an adult. I'm the father of three daughters (none adult yet). I'm going to be voicing my opinions to them on a number of subjects. It's one of the rights of fatherhood. They can listen or not.

It doesn't matter if they're sons or daughters, child or adult -- parents tell their kids their opinions, and always have. I'm in my late 40s and my mother still tells me what I should do