Hi Stephanae,
Here is what I meant. Machismo believes that male is better.
Feminism,especially the kind that i am familiar with, also tries to depict
male is better by simply trying to say that if women are to get their
"freedom" they have to be like men, and fight them in their own game. I am a
woman and I revel in my feminity. I do not need to be like a man nor will I
fight over issues on rules the male dominated society makes.
In India, sometimes I find the fight for independence has led to more
oppression. The women, I find, is not free from the duties expected from her
mother and grandmother- namely home and hearth and pregnant, but actually
the YOKE of now even economic assistance or at times even sustenance falls
on her. So now unlike her mother or grandmother, her work duties,
responsibilities have increased
without giving her any respite from anywhere.
As I look around my country I find women are much worse off, because in our
fight for feminism we have actually added to the belief that the male system
of working things, is better.
I hope I have answered your question to a certain extent. Do let me know
what you think of it.
Geeta
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From: Stephanae Ann <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Saturday, November 18, 2000 9:32 AM
Subject: Hello
>I'm feeling a bit out of my depth here. Once I considered myself an
>intellectual, now I am only a 32-year-old, stay-at-home mother of two who
>feels that my brain has atrophied and that I am woefully undereducated
>compared to the majority of people on this list. Still, I think I am
>reasonably intelligent, and maybe I will have something to add to
discussion
>from time to time.
>
>I live in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. I was once Mormon. I went on a mission
>for the Mormon church. Now I am very lazy about spirituality, though I do
>aspire loosely to Paganism.
>
>My BA (and only advanced degree) is in English with a minor in French. My
>mission was in France and Switzerland, and once I spoke French very
fluently,
>but now simple vocabulary is frequently elusive to me. I worked for a few
>years as a computer-related technical writer, but I am actually a person
who
>prefers not working, even if it is this very laziness that has led to the
>diminishing of my mental capacities. Everything comes at a price.
>
>I will probably mostly lurk on this list. Religion is very interesting to
me,
>but I am not a religious scholar. I do consider myself a feminist. I would
be
>interested in hearing Geeta elucidate on what she meant when she said that
>she did not believe in feminism because machismo is not better. Do you
mean,
>Geeta, that you do not believe in feminism because it has not alleviated
the
>problem of machismo? I hope you will explain further.
>
>Thank you all, and I am pleased to meet you.
>
>Stephanae
>
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