If Feminism = anti-male and pro-abortion, we have further to go than I realized
Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference February 23rd, Kellyanne Conway said she’s not a feminist in the “classical” sense as feminism today is associated with being anti-male and pro-abortion. I thought, as a society, we were beyond that sort of thinking.
Apparently, I was wrong.
In my mind feminism has always simply meant freedom of choice. And I’m not really sure how that’s anti-male. It has nothing to do with men. Unless you still glorify the Leave it to Beaver dystopia where every woman “chose” to stay home and clean her oven while wearing high heels; anticipating the moment her husband walked in the door so she could place a drink in his hand and massage his tired feet. In that world, men might perceive they have much to lose if a woman decides to get an education or a career outside the home.
Under feminism women can still make the Leave it to Beaver choice if they want to, and there is nothing wrong with that — but not many I know, would, or frankly for economic reasons, could.
As far as feminism equating to pro-abortion, again, it’s about choice. Feminism means women get to decide what is best for them, their families and their health care — themselves. I can’t help think back to a conversation I had 20 years ago with a friend of mine. He said, “you know what the difference is between liberals and conservatives? Liberals think they don’t have the right to make decisions for other people. We conservatives know we do.”
Feminism does not equal anti-male. However, one could argue that the conservative antiquated thinking, propagated by Conway’s comments today=anti-female.