Home› A Moving Train

gloria steinem still commiting 'outrageous acts' at 75

decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
edited May 2009 in A Moving Train
http://lifestyle.msn.com/your-life/bigg ... d=19334939

Of course women who aren't pro-choice can be feminists ... and other reflections on the women's movement
By Joni Evans


great Q&A with steinem, just one small excerpt:


wOw: Can women who aren't pro-choice be feminists?

Steinem: Absolutely, they can be anti-choice for themselves and do their best to persuade others; they just can't support laws or harassment or clinic bombings that take choice away from other women. Feminists have always gone to the same lengths to protect women from being pressured into abortions they don't want as to keep abortion safe and legal. The point is not what we choose but that we have the power to make a choice.
Stay with me...
Let's just breathe...


I am myself like you somehow


Post edited by Unknown User on

Comments

  • Prince Of DorknessPrince Of Dorkness Posts: 3,763
    Meh.... She's a bit full of crap from time to time but for the most part I'll give her a pass. She was quite the trail blazer in her day.
    I can't drive without Pearl Jam
  • HermanBloomHermanBloom Posts: 1,764
    Jasunmark wrote:
    Meh.... She's a bit full of crap from time to time but for the most part I'll give her a pass. She was quite the trail blazer in her day.
    Why she makes great points? So if you are against abortion, a disgusting act, you aren't a feminist? Pathetic.
    SLC 11/2/95, Park City 6/21/98, Boise 11/3/00, Seattle 12/9/02, Vancouver 5/30/03, Gorge 9/1/05, Vancouver 9/2/05, Gorge 7/22/06, Gorge 7/23/06, Camden I 6/19/08, MSG I 6/24/08, MSG II 6/25/08, Hartford 6/27/08, Mansfield II 6/30/08; Eddie Albany 6/8/09, 6/9/09; Philly 10/30/09, 10/31/09; Boston 5/17/10
    I thought the world...Turns out the world thought me
  • __ Posts: 6,651
    nathanastin wrote:
    Jasunmark wrote:
    Meh.... She's a bit full of crap from time to time but for the most part I'll give her a pass. She was quite the trail blazer in her day.
    Why she makes great points? So if you are against abortion, a disgusting act, you aren't a feminist? Pathetic.

    Hmm... pretty sure that's not what she said.
  • darthvedder81darthvedder81 Posts: 688
    Gloria Steinem doesn't know jack about the history of her own movement—many of the early feminists were staunchly against abortion as they found it an inherently destructive and demeaning act with nasty ties to eugenics and racial cleansing.
    So this life is sacrifice...
    6/30/98 Minneapolis, 10/8/00 East Troy (Brrrr!), 6/16/03 St. Paul, 6/27/06 St. Paul
  • polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    darthvedder81 wrote:
    Gloria Steinem doesn't know jack about the history of her own movement—many of the early feminists were staunchly against abortion as they found it an inherently destructive and demeaning act with nasty ties to eugenics and racial cleansing.

    where does it say she has to follow in other's footsteps?

    in my opinion - women are better off now because of her ... probably not where they should be especially in other countries but nonetheless ...
Sign In or Register to comment.