Today, when affirmative action is no longer debated, let’s look back at the worries of the house-owners at that time, “our daughters will be drafted into the trenches, the toilets will be gender-neutral, traditional families will be disintegrated, and America will be doomed.” Of course It's ridiculous, but those canary ladies who are anti-feminist because they worry about losing their gender dividend still exist. The criticism and opposition that existed at the time still exist and are even worse. Until now, the United States has not even had a female vice president. And Hillary and Warren have both experienced a double waterloo of campaign and fame.
Looking back at the feminists of the 1970s can actually teach us a good lesson.
Episode 2, a passage from Gloria Steinem to Bella Abzug:
Bella: This might not be the right time.
(Promoting the legalization of abortion) I'm afraid it's not yet time.
Gloria: Well, when is the right time?
When is the time?
Bella: After we put McGovern into the White House.
Until we try to get McGovern into the White House.
Gloria: So what, (after) a year? two or maybe a decade? How long are we supposed to wait? How many more women are going to die from botched abortions while we wait for men to feel comfortable with us having control over our own bodies? How many women are going to be forced into giving birth to babies that they can't afford to feed while we wait for housewives who have no idea what it's like to have to work to survive to feel comfortable with women having power? How long do we give people to adapt to change?
so what? Is that a year? two years? ten years? How long do we have to wait? How many more women will have to die as a result of botched and informal abortions, and we're waiting for men to stop feeling uncomfortable with the concept of women having control over their own bodies? How many more women have to be forced to give birth to children they can't support, and we're waiting for housewives who have no concept of work to stop feeling uncomfortable that women can have power? How much time do we have to give the public to adapt to the changes?
Am I the only one who's fucking tired of waiting?
Am I the only one who has had enough of this waiting?
(McGovern never became president.)
This part struck me in particular. In particular, I have been reading Hu Shi's "Tolerance and Freedom" in the past two days. In it, there is a point of view, what is morality? In the old society, people thought that it was immoral for women to divorce, but they thought that three wives and four concubines were very moral. Morality is just the sum of social habits , and those who want to change those habits are often dismissed as immoral.
What feminists do wrong is to call for and push for change. Not only do people have to be pulled and pushed, but they have to be given time to adapt to the change, and it is wrong to change too drastically, even to save lives.
In episode 3, Shirley Chisholm, a black woman running for president, was pressured to quit and support the Democratic Party's trending candidate, otherwise her career would be unsafe (combined with the facts, this year Warren also suffered huge criticism because there was no endorsement of any candidate, especially the Sanders supporters scold her) Even Bella Anzug came to persuade her, fearing that "showing disunity" would damage the image of the feminist group.
Shirley: I'm not going to roll over every time the men press too hard. If I do, it's just gonna keep up the pressure and I'm going to keep rolling over.
I don't give in to pressure, and if I give in, the pressure will keep weighing me down.
I remember when I first identified myself as a feminist, I also cherished feathers very much, and thought it was a strategic PR that must be done to maintain the concepts and groups related to "feminism". At that time, I debated back and forth with the radical feminist blogger on Weibo for several rounds. In fact, it was me who persuaded her to pay attention to her image, don't give people the wrong way, don't put it into practice, and don't let a little bit of carelessness ruin it The ideals we want to embrace - it's cutesy in retrospect. It seems that as long as you are careful, no one will attack you from various angles, no one will rush up and insult you with swear words, and no one will slander you with accusations. It took me so long to realize that being opposed is an inevitable fate that shakes habits and traditions and seeks change , and that this is not worth fearing at all, at least not worth stopping because of fear.
And only when you break through the fear of being opposed will you truly feel empowered . Get away those who admire us dancing in shackles, which are meant to be smashed, not begged to be opened.
I have no intention to call feminists the vanguard of social change, but it is becoming clearer that in the process of change, it is difficult to win the support of half of the people, let alone win the favor of everyone. Ma Dong said that being misunderstood is the fate of the expressor, and being opposed is the fate of feminists. That's the truth of the fight I've chosen to fight.
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