Feminism isn't just for the lesbians and man haters anymore.

Tiff is in a Women's Studies class where she reads...a lot. There will always be those comments where as a woman, I have to say something and what better place to do it than on a blog for all to see. Every time I form a rebuttal, my views are not always coming out as word vomit from my mouth as "Karen's words," but as a woman, as a human being. I am not even talking about comments made earlier in the week but just in general. Both men and women need to be more conscientious about what they say and do in everyday life, we naturally become haters of the opposite sex and this-- is not very non-violent of us, (thank you mom for teaching me the difference, eventually I will put your teachings into action).
Before I begin to really dive into this incredibly deep subject, I will begin with my three good things of the day (and it is just 9am!).
1)I was up till 4am drinking coffee and talking to an awesome friend of mine
2)I woke up at 7 and took a really hot shower
3)When I got back to the room, coffee was already made and...oh BONUS...
4)Classes were canceled until 1pm today
Anyway, Katie Roiphe wrote a book in 1994, The Morning After: Fear, Sex, and Feminism that clearly states her views on rape victims. In an article brought to my attention by Tiff, "Roiphe denies the existence of a rape epidemic on campuses and in society. She believes that sex does and should involve power, pursuit, and struggle and that the term 'rape' is being misused to describe normal sexual relations." Roiphe later continues by explaining that participants in a march against rape on college campuses are just "whining" and that "proclaiming victimhood" is self defeating because it does not project strength. To me, there is nothing more empowering than being able to wake up each morning and say you are a stronger person because you are not the one sitting in the corner blaming yourself. Women waste too much time blaming themselves for something completely out of their control the problem is when women feel that if they say something their family/friends will be disgraced or even worse-- their family/friends will view them in a different light.
As a woman, I feel that even remotely considering women are the only ones using sex as a tool for mind games against the opposite sex is just ridiculous. I am at a complete loss of words.

"Nothing is so embarrassing as watching someone do something that you said could not be done." -Sam Ewing