Bullshit Feminism.

I read a board that has many people on it, of all kinds, all faiths, all genders, all whatevers. There is a woman who is deeply, passionately into feminism in the current American political scene and she posts regularly her ideas and viewpoints.

I'm in stark disagreement with her about so much of what she says. I come from such an entirely different experience and viewpoint it is funny that we would both consider ourselves liberal, both consider ourselves feminists, and be at such polar opposite ideas about how to go from there.

I think what I resent the most, or find the most irritating is her seemingly constant yearning to be offended. To stretch commentary and action to edges beyond reason in order to support a theory of broad-based misogynism and deep, unabated sexism. It is almost to the point where whole swaths of words cannot be mentioned on the same page as any woman or female trope because it will be considered a sexist, misogynistic and hatefilled rant.

I find this boorish, facile and childish.

Women have certainly overcome some astonishing obstacles, and as a gender I'm sure there are many more. I have four daughters and work hard to support them in their various paths and hope to have instilled in them some confidence in their abilities - a confidence which lies outside the boundaries of biology.

But I also hold them responsible for their actions, I demand that they challenge their own tendencies toward lazy thought, and I question their blind attachment to someone else's belief. Even if its mine. I refuse to do anything other than that with a female politician or doctor or teacher or crossing guard. It is self-defeating - as a group - if feminists go out of their way to be offended by individuals and thus make broad sweeping statements about groups as a whole.

Certainly individuals will be assinine and hateful. Hold them accountable. Don't condemn the world. Or men. Or make laughable arguments about the word "fish."

I have a tendency to overuse the word "stupid." However, I don't think I'm that far off base when I hear that word rise in my mind in response to her arguments.