Quick poll before bed

[andrewducker]

Taking the definition of feminism as:
The view, articulated in the 19th century, that women are inherently equal to men and deserve equal rights and opportunities.
and remembering that you don't have to select entries if you don't want to (and therefore don't need to choose "I am a woman and a feminist" if you're not a woman):

[Poll #688002]

Comments

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

Short answer as need to work - women do not "choose" to have the babies - many many people want children, society needs us to have children as a public good, and it's only women who can do it - so I've heard :-). Show me a society where a couple can decide which one physically has the kids, or even a society where it is conventionally accepted that either man or woman may be the primary carer (for real, not just for the first si8x montsn or so but for 16 years, not just in terms of what people talk about at dinner parties), then talk to me about "choice".

And before you say people can "choose" not to have children - people can also choose not to have sex, choose never to have a partner or choose to cut their left leg off. Do you think this is really the main option you want to present to women as the alternative to systemic underpay and lack of equal opportunities?

"You can earn 40 % more over your lifetime and have a decent pension on etirement if you choose never to have a life partner." Go for it. Sell it to the public. Choice theory is the curse of white liberalism.