> Don't treat me as if I'm handicapped because I
> have a vagina ... and don't embellish my accomplishments for the
> same reason either ... just treat me as an equal!
>
> - Mary; feeling like an extremist feminist sometimes.
Hi, Mary,
That is exactly it! Why am I, a "Senior Network Engineer" who happens
to be female any different of one who happens to be male? I don't get
it.
Guys tend to find my feminist views extreme, with the exception of a few
open minded ones like my current beau. I don't think asking for such
things as equal treatment at work, equal pay for my work, respect for my
views, knowledge, and experience, and not being condescended to or
treated like the "little lady: is extreme, and that really is the core
of it, isn't it?
Oh, and I have this radical idea that men have no right to tell a woman
what to do with her own body. No man will ever carry a child for nine
months and know what that means, so they should not have the right to
dictate to a woman that she must. Yes, I am very ardently pro-choice.
Radical? Maybe. I guess the idea that I don't need to be this
obedient, submissive little creature is radical to some of the more
patriarchal elements in our society. If so, I'll wear that label
proudly.
Regards,
Caity
(who can't help being little, but can at least influence the rest)
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