I had to delete the last identical question because names were mentioned. This question is not about certain individuals, but in general the pattern that I have observed.
2007-11-08 19:19:55 · 18 answers · asked by Lioness 6 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
There seems to be a lot of arrogance here on all sides. I hear feminists pitying women who have not been "enlightened", and the usual understanding is that women must have been forced in the past to be "just" housewives, because who would choose it? Anti-feminists are often arrogant as well, insisting that women would be much happier if they would only "accept" certain roles.
Personally, if people really need to discuss WHY women are making certain life choices, or constantly pointing out the negative results of certain choices, I think this comes from a place of arrogance. Personally, I assume that other women can think for themselves, and can make good decisions. How one can call herself a "woman's rights advocate" when she thinks she's better able than other women to make smart choices boggles the mind. I am so, so, SO tired of the condescending PITY expressed by both sides on this forum.
2007-11-09 01:17:54 · answer #1 · answered by Junie 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I advocate women's freedom of choice, but I find it sad when a woman uses this freedom to make choices that may be harmful to herself or others.
I have done this myself on occasion, and I'm not proud of it. For every choice there is a consequence...there is also a "butterfly effect." I cannot say I have not been guilty of using my freedom to choose in ways that have been harmful to myself and perhaps to others. And indeed, I am sorry for that. I am going to make a renewed effort to understand the scope of my decisions...to look at the bigger picture. Sure we are all individuals, but our individual actions do have an impact.....and sometimes I have been guilty of not seeing the how large the impact can actually be.
EDIT: By the way, I've decided to delete my earlier question (that also involved names)...for this very reason.
*peace*
2007-11-08 19:33:30 · answer #2 · answered by It's Ms. Fusion if you're Nasty! 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
What do you mean ? Only because you have the freedom to be a lazy drunk or dump thrash wherever you want does not make it hypocritical to criticize somone about it. Thats Hyppie mentality. I do it because I can. I support a womens freedom and liberty to be a *lut a career woman or to abort, but that doesnt mean I have to like eithier of it, or even marry eithier. However beeing vile or hurtfull in your criticism, isnt right eithier, at least in my opinion, again although there is a place and time where you have the right to it. (Like a public forum).
2007-11-09 01:46:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Completely hypocritical, but let's go further back, to basics. Most grown men and women have choices at various times in their lives, some turn out to be good choices others bad. But I'm getting tired of hearing the word "choice" bandied around so much when it is so often just a meaningless contrivance.
2007-11-09 00:21:47 · answer #4 · answered by celtish 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes those women who appear to be submissive and not reaching their full potential as a woman, may have chosen to put aside her dreams temporarily in order to do the very best she can for her family. It is a choice she has made, based on her own morals, not a lack of education in matters of feminism. While such women may appear on the surface to be oppressed in some way, they are only doing the best they can within their own lives at that particular point in time.
2007-11-08 22:28:54 · answer #5 · answered by Shivers 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Well It really depends, the assertion that anybody has the right to choose is completely different from the evaluation of the "correction " of the choice the person made. For example, My friend and I assert that women should have the right to have an abortion, but not necessarily that abortion is a moral thing to do. Is this hypocritical? I'm not contradicting myself, the two things are two different beliefs grounded on different reasons.
2007-11-08 19:36:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
On a scale of one to ten (1= not, 10=the epitome)
6 or a 7.
I think freedom of speech is a good thing, even though I disagree with what many people say. I agree that people have the right to do as they wish, within the law, but I don't have to approve of what they do.
2007-11-09 02:57:29 · answer #7 · answered by Zipperhead 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Edit Ronnie: Bingo!
As for this question it is hypocritical. What is the real question? Never mind I already know. Who in the hell cares? No one!
Edit: Did I just say I was hypocritical? Well, that's a laugh and a half cause I'm not; being hypocritical means to say one thing and do another. I always say what I mean.
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2007-11-09 01:19:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Of course not, The very fact that someone has a choice means that there is a chance of making the wrong one. While that "wrong" choice may be highly subjective, it will still be wrong in some people's opinion. To say that they made the wrong choice is not hypocritical.
Lets take it out of the emotionally-heated abortion debate... Lets say my roomate is trying to decide between two jobs. She asks me for my advice. I tell her that The choice is hers to make, but I think job A would be better. She decides that she would prefer job B. Would it be Hypocritical for me to think that she made the wrong decision?
2007-11-09 00:51:03 · answer #9 · answered by Drake 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Actually, Lioness, I think it is quite possible.
I can advocate women's rights and choices....but that doesn't mean that I am always going to support the choices made. I am merely supporting her RIGHT to have those choices - not the choices themselves.
To imply that a woman's choices shouldn't be criticized would mean that she is never wrong - and we both surely know that is not the case lol.
2007-11-09 00:48:39 · answer #10 · answered by Super Ruper 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋