@Kristy69 Said 
"Trained as little girls, woman are taught to cherish their wedding day as the happiest day of their life when, in fact, it is their saddest day. They are now no longer themselves. They are MRS. Neanderthal and their identity, and even their name, is stripped from them for the rest of their lives."
I don't think marriage is horrible. If it's a mutual partnership WHICH IT SHOULD BE, what's the problem?
These b****es are mostly lesbian, so won't getting married do the same thing??
Your post reads as if the first paragraph is a quote and the last two paragraphs are your own comments. If that is the case, then you make two mistakes, one of which is a complete and utter fallacy, and the second is a monumental fail
Firstly, it is a complete and utter lie that most feminists are lesbian. Rather, they are overwhelmingly heterosexual women who, for a variety of reasons, have come to feel disillusioned with the social structures that affect issues such as career, children and self fulfilment, and they feel that in their cases the root cause of this disillusionment is the unequal society in which we live and the constraints of their relationships with men.
I was a feminist activist at university and by total coincidence it just so happens that I am also lesbian, but I was the ONLY one in the whole group who is. Indeed, in all my dealings with other groups in the area, I didn't meet one single other feminist who identified as lesbian.
Secondly, a lesbian, feminist or not, wouldn't want to marry a man in the first place..... Duh. Massive fail, Kirsty. A lesbian is a woman who is sexually attracted ONLY to other women. I'll expand on this in a minute.
The point of the original statement, that you have completely, comprehensively and utterly missed (or ignored) was that females are gender stereotyped as children. It is a form of programming that we are all subjected to that we are supposed to be servile to males and our entire existence should be geared towards becoming some sort of fairytale "blushing bride" one day. This social programming is something that feminism opposes. And quite rightly too, in my opinion.
Touching on your lesbian slur again..... There are a fair number of bisexuals around who like to identify as being lesbian whenever the whim comes upon them because they think it gives them more cred within the gay community. These individuals are
more likely to have had bad relationships with men. These are the ones
most likely to have an axe to grind.
Genuine lesbians, who have never been in sexual relationships with men, and have never married them, usually have no reason to gripe or complain about them. I certainly don't. I respect my father, my male neighbours, friends and colleagues and I enjoy their company. As a feminist I have no gripe with individuals..... it is the politics and practices of gender discrimination against women that motivates my feminist principles.
You might like to think about things before you make fatuous, ridiculous statements like that contained in your third paragraph.
Oh, and the use of the term "b****es" in connection with women in general and lesbians in particular is insulting, offensive and completely unnecessary. Please be so kind as to moderate your language in future.
Thank you
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Feb 24, 2011 @ 02:23:00
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