The truth about feminism

Lately, I’ve been hearing a lot of talk about woman’s rights and the feminist movement because of planned parenthood and other social issues and I’ve been storing away all that I’ve been hearing in the back of my mind. Nothing gets under my skin more than watching young girls living like feminist and they turn around to say they are not feminists. Ladies, do you know what a real feminist is? Sometime in my twenties, I didn't understand it's true meaning but I learned quickly that I was feminist.
For those of you who think it’s about bra burning and the right to stop shaving; or if it is about being a lesbian and protesting against Eminen and Britney Spears; if it’s about not getting married and not having babies, think again.
The feminist movement was started so that women had the right to live her life as she chooses. To wear make-up, to wear heels; to wear jeans or to wear hoodies and a pair if mans work boots - what ever you choose, it's your choice and not another persons.
If you have a job; a college degree or not; if you own your own car and bought it without a man's help; if you buy your own clothes; if you decide when to hang out with your friends and what you want to do on the weekends; if you chose to be a mom or not - you are feminist. Accept it.

If you are locked up in a closet and do nothing for yourself or your family - you are not feminist.

If you read Stephanie Meyers books Twilight and watched the movie, you are feminist. Why? Because if it wasn't for the feminist movement, Ms. Meyer wouldn't have had the right to sell the book and become as famous as she did.

If you vote, you are feminist.

If you watch Jersey Shore, you're feminist. Why? If it wasn't for the feminist movement, Snookie and JWOW wouldn't be doing what they are doing. As a matter of fact, a lot of reality shows on MTV have helped the feminist movement along like The Hills and Lauren Conrad.

If you are married and you have a job, you are feminist.

I really wish young women would understand what it really means to be feminist and I wish men would not be so threatened by it.

To educate a man is to educate a man; but to educate a woman is to educate a family.
Women bring their talents, smarts and livelihood to the forefront and the reason why we are who we are is because of a woman's influence.

Ladies, if we lived like our grandmothers did, society would have a better appreciation for the rights women have today. We think living lives like families did in the 1950s, live like they did in Leave it to Beaver is easier but trust me, it is not. Did you know that back in the day, before the 50s that women did not have a right to initiate sex with their own husbands and if her husband wanted to have sex when she clearly did not, she had to do it and wasn't allowed to say no? That saying no was disobeying and dishonoring her husband? All jokes aside, that's pretty pathetic and I'm glad that men today have a hell of a whole lot more respect for women; they appreciate their wives and girlfriends more and allow them to be more domineering in the bedroom - that's the way it should be. Both engaged and involved, not just one sided. I can't imagine today's women not being able to express their own sexual needs and desires with their own boyfriends and husbands; heck today's women are more open about casual and random sex than I was when I was 24.

Something happened yesterday that deserves a mention.
Danica Patrick, driver of the #7 Go Daddy car and driver for JR Motorsports finished 4th place in the Nationwide Series race in Las Vegas, NV. She didn’t win 4th out of luck. She started in the back, fell two laps behind and managed to catch up. She moved forward at full speed, passing drivers one by one until she made it in the top five. Had there been a few more laps to go, she may have actually won.
She is the first woman in NASCAR to make it into the top five.
The year is 2011 people.
I know right now I'm most focused on NASCAR. JR Motorsports is co-owned, co-managed by Dale Earnhardt's sister Kelley Earnhardt and there is no denying she is the backbone of his success.
Lots of people may think of Dale Jr. as a playboy but who care's? I like that he loves women and what he does for us. He's bringing women to his company to not only have jobs but to do what they do best; even bikini contests at his bar. He has always been the one to introduce NASCAR to new places, to MTV, to Rolling Stone and he brought NASCAR to places no one else has, it's no wonder his company is the first to have a winning female driver. Danica Patrick may very well be the first women in NASCAR to win a Championship and I hope she does it while driving for JR Motorsports; they are the team that deserves that win.

I could go on and on about this topic; there are many other places women succeed in beside auto-racing: Politics, Religion, bodybuilding, football, baseball, science and engineering.
We are a better society because of the feminist movement.

In conclusion, if the day does come that I do end up married with children running around and I do cook for my husband, at least I'll do it while holding a meaningful, intellectual conversation with him. My future children and family will benefit from the experiences and education I have given to myself as I lived the life of a single woman as long as I did.