Wednesday, July 8, 2015

"Redefining Feminism: The state of women in America, by Carly Fiorina"

"Feminism began as a rallying cry to empower women — to vote, to get an education, to enter the workplace. But over the years, feminism has devolved into a left-leaning political ideology where women are pitted against men and used as a political weapon to win elections.

Being empowered means having a voice. But ideological feminism shuts down conversation — on college campuses and in the media. If you are a man — or a woman — who doesn’t believe the litanies of the left, then you are “waging a war on women” or you are a “threat to women’s health” or you are variously described as “window dressing” — Joni Ernst — or offensive as a candidate — Carly Fiorina...

Here’s what I told that little boy: A feminist is a woman who lives the life she chooses. We will have arrived when every woman can decide for herself how to best find and use her God-given gifts. A woman may choose to have five children and home-school them. She may choose to become a CEO…or run for President.
I am a conservative because I know we are all equal in the eyes of God — men and women. Our principles work better to lift men and women up so that they can choose their own path and live lives of dignity, purpose and meaning."
https://medium.com/@CarlyFiorina/redefining-feminism-19d25d8d8dfc


It's interesting to see feminism being re-branded to expand to more demographics. I think it's fair that it's been tied into one political identity in a way that keeps a lot of people out of the movement (although I would phrase it really differently from the way that she does - she's clearly just ringing existing bells that get peoples' attention).

Also - all the pictures are of white ladies.

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