This comment was by Marie in reference to the post – Why Having a Daughter Scares Me
I have a problem with the word tradition because it is a euphemism for patriarchy. I cringe whenever I hear the phrase, traditional roles.
I have told young women that I would be very unhappy if they “chose traditional roles” because in effect, they would be affirming male dominance.
I do not want young women to “choose” to be economically dependent on husbands, to take their husbands’ names, to join patriarchal churches, and so on.
I want young women, including your daughter, to be feminist activists.
I want them to speak out whenever someone call them “guys”, I want them to be economically independent after they get married and have children, and I want them to make a feminist difference regardless of whether they become nurses, pastors, CEOs or Nobel prize winners.
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“yeah screw women having choices. All women should live the way I want them to. That’s what Feminism is all about.”
Really *guys*?