Feminist Thought

In my opinion, this is why feminism has such a bad reputation. I could barely get through my chapter. Everything was so extreme- I didn't agree with anything. And I got really tired of reading that it was because I was trapped in a patriarchal society and mentality and that if I was really a freethinking woman, I would agree with the writings.

So what did I have problems with.

I really got annoyed with how both the radical libertarian and the radical cultural feminist seemed to think men/males are the devil. They were often referred to as dominating, controlling, intentionally oppressive, etc. Is it possible that this is also a social construct?

I guess the thing I hated the most was that everything seemed to be a blanket policy. All men are this way. All women should want to be something but they can't because the situation is always like this....

For example, the huge section on motherhood. Some women want to raise kids- some of them want to raise their own, and some of them want to raise others. Some women don't want kids at all. Why is that a problem? Isn't that part of what women's liberation is about? The ability to choose what you want to do? Why do we have to say that all real women would want to do one thing or another? I guess I see that as just women limiting or restricting women, which isn't any better than men limiting/restricting women.