Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Give Me that Old Time Feminism
In her July 2006 essay from the Huffington Post, "Give Me that Old Time Feminism," New York Times bestselling author Barbara Ehrenreich asserts that at times, feminism is blown out of proportion. While in other countries, women have close to no rights at all. She goes on two compare old school feminism with new school feminism. Back in the 1920s, feminist were fighting for equal rights as men, while new feminist are worrying about fitting into stilettos. I'm of two minds about Ehrenreich's claim that feminism is dead. On the other hand I agree that at least American women have rights. Compared with other countries where their woman have no rights and could never be out right feminist. I believe present day woman have as many rights as they do because of old school feminist. If it were not for them, times may be different for woman
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