Prominent women's rights supporter criticizes American feminism's obsession with "trivial bull$hit"

Article here. Finally! Preach on, sister! Excerpt:

'Ayaan Hirsi Ali [link added], a harsh critic of Islam’s treatment of women, said Wednesday that modern American feminism is focused on “trivial bullshit” and needs to be reclaimed.

Speaking at the Independent Women’s Forum Women of Valor dinner, where she received an award for courage, Hirsi Ali reminded her audience of how far feminism has strayed from its original purpose.

“I want you to remember that once upon a time, feminists fought for the access — basic right — access of girls to education,” she said.

[She] told the story of a fight between her mother and father when she was about 11 years old. Her mother wanted to take her and her sister out of school because education would lead them to rebel against their family and “bring shame upon us.” Her father responded by saying, “If you take my girls out of school, I am going to curse you and you are going to burn in hell.”
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She spoke of growing up in Somalia, where women aren’t allowed to leave the house without asking permission from a male guardian and need to be accompanied by a male guardian.
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Feminists in this country and in the West fought against that and won the battle,” she added.
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“What we are now doing with the victory, and I agree with you if you condemn that and I condemn whole-heartedly the trivial bullshit it is to go after a man who makes a scientific breakthrough and all that we as women — organized women — do is to fret about his shirt?” ... “We must reclaim and retake feminism from our fellow idiotic women.”

...Ali said ... feminism needs to fight the real war on women: Radical Islam and other parts of the world where women don’t even have the right to an education or to leave their home without a male guardian.'

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I have male friends (once known conclusively as men) who must have permission from their 'equal partners' to come over and shoot some hoops, play some cards, watch a game or have a few cold ones. its just like in sharia-law-land, except in reverse. they can drive and such on their own, but only to areas approved ahead of time. they don't have to wear a blanket w/ eye holes, but their wardrobe definitely has that woman's stamp of approval all over it.

its not hard to see the gradual wasting of manhood take place as guys digress from single, to engaged, to totally denutted (married). his once 'cute' obsession w/ his favorite hobbies/pastimes quickly becomes 'tacky'. his love of this or that becomes a perversion no married man needs. and you engaged guys don't want to know about the wino's who will just love your bear-skinned rug and the ... ahhh, never mind.

its the long term single guys who must carry on for our gender. the guys who will wake up tomorrow morning and wait a few minutes before saying her name, just to be sure dementia hasn't struck overnight.

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