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| − | '''Feminism''' originally was an expression used by [[suffragettes]] - who were predominantly [[pro-life]]<ref>[http://www.godlessprolifers.org/library/wallace4.html ''Susan B. Anthony opposed abortion'']</ref><ref>''"There is no question that she deplored the practice of abortion, as did every one of her colleagues in the suffrage movement."'' [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/13/opinion/13schiff.html?_r=1&oref=slogin ''Desperately Seeking Susan''] [[New York Times]] (13 October 2006)</ref><ref>[http://www.feministsforlife.org/history/foremoth.htm ''Voices of our Feminist Foremothers''] Feminists for Life</ref> - to obtain the right for women to vote in the early 1900s in the [[United States]] and the [[United Kingdom]]. By the late 1900s, however, [[liberals]] had changed the meaning to represent people who favored [[abortion]] and the identical treatment of women in the military and in society as a whole. Specific examples of modern [[feminism]] include: | + | '''Feminism''' originally was an expression used by [[suffragettes]] - who were predominantly [[pro-life]]<ref>[http://www.godlessprolifers.org/library/wallace4.html ''Susan B. Anthony opposed abortion'']</ref><ref>''"There is no question that she deplored the practice of abortion, as did every one of her colleagues in the suffrage movement."'' [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/13/opinion/13schiff.html?_r=1&oref=slogin ''Desperately Seeking Susan''] [[New York Times]] (13 October 2006)</ref><ref>[http://www.feministsforlife.org/history/foremoth.htm ''Voices of our Feminist Foremothers''] Feminists for Life</ref> - to obtain the right for women to vote in the early 1900s in the [[United States]] and the [[United Kingdom]]. By the late 1900s, however, [[liberals]] had changed the meaning to represent people who favored [[abortion]] and the identical treatment of women in the military and in society as a whole. Specifically, modern feminists tend to: |
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| | * loathe [[chivalry]] and dislike men patronizing women, as in holding the door open for them | | * loathe [[chivalry]] and dislike men patronizing women, as in holding the door open for them |
| | * dislike of macho activities, like male-only contact sports | | * dislike of macho activities, like male-only contact sports |
| − | * preference for role-reversal, like girls playing football and boys being cheerleaders for it, or men baking cookies for women | + | * prefer for role-reversal, like girls playing football and boys being cheerleaders for it, or men baking cookies for women |
| | * oppose single-sex schooling and seek to abolish all-male ''private'' clubs | | * oppose single-sex schooling and seek to abolish all-male ''private'' clubs |
| − | * excessive outrage at highly macho events, like the Duke lacrosse party or [[Tailhook]] | + | * express outrage at highly macho events, like the Duke lacrosse party or [[Tailhook]] |
| − | * insistence that childrearing activities be shared equally by men and women in every respect, rather than a productive division of labor | + | * insist that childrearing activities be shared equally by men and women in every respect, rather than a productive division of labor |
| − | * support for [[affirmative action]] for women | + | * support [[affirmative action]] for women |
| | * detest women who are happy in traditional roles, such as housewife, and especially dislike those who defend such roles | | * detest women who are happy in traditional roles, such as housewife, and especially dislike those who defend such roles |
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