Hidden in a toolbox, in the rafters of his four-car garage, was an envelope full of pictures taken by a private detective...They were pictures of a scrawny, boyish looking nine year old with a wide mouth and a tangle of brown hair...Her eyes were oblong and deep set, their color hidden from the camera by the slant of the sun. The angles and planes of her face were oddly beautiful just then, in that moment, frozen on Kodak paper. A hint of the woman she would someday become.
But seriously _ how is this a good example of womanhood? How is this something we should be propping up and praising? Think about the women in your life _ your mom, your aunts, your grandmothers, your sisters, your daughters, your nieces, your friends. Would you like ANY of them reduced to one small part of their anatomy? Would you tell them to their faces that they are nothing more than a walking life support system for their vaginas? __ause that__ the message that feminism is sending to women the world over.I thought feminists cared more about a woman__ mind and heart, and less about her body parts....Ladies, we are so much more than our body parts. Don__ take Hollywood airheads like Cate Blanchett as your life example.
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But seriously _ how is this a good example of womanhood? How is this something we should be propping up and praising? Think about the women in your life _ your mom, your aunts, your grandmothers, your sisters, your daughters, your nieces, your friends. Would you like ANY of them reduced to one small part of their anatomy? Would you tell them to their faces that they are nothing more than a walking life support system for their vaginas? __ause that__ the message that feminism is sending to women the world over.I thought feminists cared more about a woman__ mind and heart, and less about her body parts....Ladies, we are so much more than our body parts. Don__ take Hollywood airheads like Cate Blanchett as your life example.
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