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> I was also under the impression that children would “get in my way,” and therefore I must achieve my career goals first and foremost. This is because the aut

> I was also under the impression that children would “get in my way,” and therefore I must achieve my career goals first and foremost. This is because the author grew up in a culture which assumes that men should focus on their career and have less involvement with raising their children. The feminist viewpoint (as least as I practice it), is to point out the difficulty in individuals to overcome systemic gender bias. > girls and women on average might simply not be as interested in some fields We can look at the differences across cultures and across time to see that certain gender biases are not fixed, so not intrinsic to gender. The classic one in CS is that the percentage of women getting a BS degree has changed quite a bit, and decreased from its high of 37%. Another is that women are far more present in biology than they were in the days of, say, Barbara McClintock. The percentage of woman who are MDs have also increased in that time. The cultural effect appears to be far stronger than any intrinsic gender effect. > I didn’t have to “prove women can do it, too.” I could simply choose to pursue what’s in my heart. But ... I was MS on PhD track and also felt "that I was making myself crazy, had very little joy in my life, and was experiencing declining mental and physical health." But as a male, I didn't have the extra challenge of feeling that I needed to prove myself as representative of my gender. So the author seems to be complaining that supporting feminism in a non-feminist culture is hard. > I had to admit to myself that I did indeed want a man to share my life with and that being “strong and independent” wasn't fulfilling. I don't get that. My views as a feminist isn't that women should want a man as a partner. > feminism at its core is Marxist That's ... entering cuckoo-land. What is "Evie magazine" anyway? One of the headlines is "Did You Know The Nazis Were Obsessed With "Health Guidelines"?" which makes me think it's one of those reactionary/right-winger that label anything they don't like as Marxist, Nazi, Communist, etc.

inglor_cz 6y ago
At least in contemporary Europe, feminist line of thought is typically associated with the Green political movement. Right-wing female politicians that break the glass ceiling or at least achieve considerable electoral successes (Margaret Thatcher, Theresa May, Virginia Raggi, Marine Le Pen, Giorgia Meloni) are definitely NOT presented as role models for future generations of girls in feminist literature. Edit: It is funny to see this comment oscillating between -2 and +2, even though it is rather factual. As for association of feminist thought with the Green movement, it is enough to pick up electoral programs of various parties and comb them for the jargon; the peak is usually with the Greens. And no, Thatcher or Meloni are very definitely not in vogue with feminist writers and thinkers.

inglor_cz 6y ago

At least in contemporary Europe, feminist line of thought is typically associated with the Green political movement. Right-wing female politicians that break the glass ceiling or at least achieve considerable electoral successes (Margaret Thatcher, Theresa May, Virginia Raggi, Marine Le Pen, Giorgia Meloni) are definitely NOT presented as role models for future generations of girls in feminist literature. Edit: It is funny to see this comment oscillating between -2 and +2, even though it is rather factual. As for association of feminist thought with the Green movement, it is enough to pick up electoral programs of various parties and comb them for the jargon; the peak is usually with the Greens. And no, Thatcher or Meloni are very definitely not in vogue with feminist writers and thinkers.