History of Feminism

I love posts like these, Redqueen.

I think it's important for women to look at these slurs critically. Not because it's fun, but because we need to think about whether we want to continue using them against other women. Men using women-negative slurs against women to feed the woman-hating culture we live in is nothing new. But women should at least think about whether they want to be part of the culture that says "women = insult".

Privilege is so tricky to talk about with people, because they get so defensive about it. It makes me wonder how to reach people on a level that makes them get it. Some say that men don't understand how the world treats women until they have daughters. I hope that's not true. I hope that it's possible for most to see it even without being directly affected by it. But it takes a lot of effort and willingness to listen, and.... well. I am sure it is more comfortable to cling to what they know, instead of looking at the world that women inhabit.