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Suzanne Venker: Feminism Doesn’t Liberate Women
Submitted by anthony on Tue, 2011-03-22 06:33
Article here. Excerpt:
'Author Suzanne Venker doesn’t think the feminist movement liberated women.
In fact, she thinks the movement has sabotaged American women’s happiness. Venker writes “according to a 2007 report from the National Bureau of Economic Research, as women have gained more freedom, more education, and more power, they have become less happy.”
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The saddest part of this misguided view of human nature is that it hasn’t made women any happier. In fact, it has done just the opposite. According to a 2007 report from the National Bureau of Economic Research, “As women have gained more freedom, more education, and more power, they have become less happy."'
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Happiness and "liberation" are two different things
Whatever made anyone believe that along with "liberation," however defined, comes happiness? They are two entirely different things. Example: Plenty of indoor cats seem very happy with their lives but can hardly be considered free or liberated by most standards-- unless one says they are liberated from having to hunt for mice all day to stay alive.
"Liberation" is and has always been a relative word. "Happiness," likewise. That's about the only thing the two concepts have to do with one another.
Right on target
"Millions of Americans think progress requires women’s liberation—from men, from children, from society’s constructs, from just about anything that makes women feel morally obligated to someone or something other than themselves."
This summarizes view of feminism--women should have rights and entitlements but have no moral obligation to men, children, or society. The feminists were clever: they re-defined obligation as oppression.
That's the essence of feminism--women get but never have to give. Problem is, that doesn't work for anyone else unless coercion is used. Against men, they use the government. Against they government, they use abortion--give us what we want (e.g., welfare and child support) or the number of abortions will increase. It's a clever racket.