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RE: Beware, extreme feminism
Greetings Visionaires -
Just thought that I might share the words to a song that I eluded to this
last weekend.
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I am Woman, Hear me Roar
-Words and Music by Helen Reddy and Ray Burton
I am woman, hear me roar
In numbers too big to ignore
And I know too much to go back and pretend
'Cause I've heard it all before
And I've been down there on the floor
No one's ever gonna keep me down again
Whoa, yes, I am wise
But it's wisdom born of pain
Yes, I've paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to, I can do anything (Anything)
I am strong (Strong), I am invincible (Invincible), I am woman
You can bend but never break me
'Cause it only serves to make me
More determined to achieve my final goal
And I come back even stronger
Not a novice any longer
'Cause you've deepened the conviction in my soul
Oh, yes, I am wise
But it's wisdom born of pain
Yes, I've paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to, I can do anything (Anything)
I am strong (Strong), I am invincible (Invincible), I am woman
I am woman, watch me grow
See me standing toe to toe
As I spread my lovin' arms across the land
But I'm still an embryo
With a long, long way to go
Until I make my brother understand
Whoa, yes, I am wise
But it's wisdom born of pain
Yes, I've paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to I can face anything (Anything)
I am strong (Strong), I am invincible (Invincible), I am woman.
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To me this song epitomizes the values of the true feminist. I believe that
women were not created to be placed on a pedestal and pampered as his
superior, nor are they to be owned or subjugated as his inferior. They are
meant to walk along side man as his equal.
Just tossing more wood on the fire,
Tom Hansen
-----Original Message-----
From: Lucy Zoe [mailto:lucyzoe@moscow.com]
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 1:11 PM
To: vision2020@moscow.com
Subject: RE: Beware, extreme feminism
Daniel says: *snip* We have made it degrading to be a woman, so any man
who is "woman-like" is attacked in every meaning of the word. *snip*
We Kimosabe? Speak for yourself. I find it very rewarding
to be a woman, and I try to stay away from people and situations
that attempt to degrade women. I love having breasts, most
likely as much as you enjoy the parts you have, but that
doesn't mean I feel reduced in value because I choose to
limit who I show them to. Let's be real...do you really think
those women showed their breasts because they wanted to
"be like Mike?" They raked in the bucks while everyone
debated their motivation. If they really wanted to be "the same"
as men when they took off their tops, they wouldn't have
gotten any press and they wouldn't have made a dime.
Needless to say, they laughed all the way to the bank and
took great delight in their difference.
That leap between degrading women and attacking "women-like"
men was quite a gigantic one.
Lucy Zoe
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