Full Frontal Feminism

                While reading this book I found out that I am a feminist.  I never knew it nor did I know what feminism really was.  I never cared what people thought of me, I always thought that a man should do the dishes and all the house work just like women have done for centuries.  I have never given much thought to the facts that women aren’t equal still today.  I mean I have never really looked at the world like that.  Now that I have taken this class and read this book I am aware that fairness doesn’t even come close when it comes to women.  It really pisses me off that women with children make so much less than men and women without kids for that matter.  We need it the most kids aren’t cheap.  I know that it is important to vote and not to just vote but to know who and what you are voting for.  Know what they believe in and how they would vote for on the issues that matter to you.  Everyone thinks that their one vote doesn’t matter but I’m here to tell you that aren’t the case it does.  Talk to your friends and family about it because they may not know what’s going on in the government.  They more people that you can get involved the better we will be.  No one can get anything done today without some sort of involvement.  So find out what is important to you and start getting involved.

There are a few things I found disturbing in this week’s reading.  First I found the fact that women are having trouble getting their birth control pills filled.  I never realized that people that are prolife thought that birth control is wrong.  In my opinion birth control is a lot better than abortion, I’m mean think about it birth control is preventing life.  There is never a baby.  My personal opinion is if a woman wants birth control that’s her choice, I’ve taken it.  Although I personally couldn’t have an abortion but I don’t see anything wrong with it.  A woman should be able to make her own decisions, no matter what her reasons.  The technology is there why can’t we use it.  Today in class we talked about how some women have used coat hangers to abort their unborn fetus.  Should we really go back to that kind of thing when we have the ability to do it safely?  I don’t think so. 

I also think the fact that our society needs to stop looking at the exterior of people.  Does it really matter if I am a woman or if I am white or whatever?  We are all people, what should matter is what we do.  If I apply for a job I hope that I get it because I’m qualified and not because I’m white.    I can think of so many more important things we could focus on in the world.  But instead we have to fight to be treated equal.