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To: independentmind
Perhaps not THE solution but a healthy part of the solution.
Having women stand strong for traditional values helps the debate in our favor for the simple fact of disarming the feminista with their ad hominem attacks such as misogynist or neanderthal.

Feminists have positioned the debate so that they speak for Women, not merely feminists. Conservative women need to stand toe to toe with them for several reasons; one being that young women need to know that you do NOT have to be a feminist to be thought of as "strong". There is more strength in being graceful than in being bitchy.

Feminists such as Erica Jong completely resented being "defined by men", then she turned around and wanted to define women in nothing but feminist terms. There is an old curse about becoming what you hate and many feminists who decried sexism became sexists.

Women decrying feminism are long overdue. I would be the last person to take a baton to their knees at this stage of the game.
27 posted on 05/23/2003 11:00:50 AM PDT by TradicalRC (Fides quaerens intellectum.)
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To: TradicalRC
There is more strength in being graceful than in being bitchy.

I couldn't agree more. I just don't hear that from Fiori. And as long as we're on the subject, another female writer with long blond hair and a bone-thin body comes to mind...

28 posted on 05/23/2003 11:29:46 AM PDT by independentmind
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