(c) 2002 by
Regena English
When a feminist associate of mine read the quote from the article
Do We Need Feminism Now? by Rae Lyn Moore she was appalled
and angered. The reasons she gave for her anger was, "how could
any woman even remotely think she could be so powerful without
feminism is beyond any reason."
I was not surprised by her reaction to Jessie's remarks because
she and I have had this discussion on numerous occasions. I
happen to agree with Jessie. We have the power to create our own
realities but for some reason it's not a graspable concept for all
women.
It's time women stop downplaying their "inner" power thinking the
only power worth recognizing is that from a group of people. You
would think with all the self-help books on the market today women
would think it was natural for them to feel self-empowered.
Truthfully, many women are stumbling around in their own darkness,
they don't see nor realize they are the creators of their todays,
tomorrows, and yesterdays.
Women who lack the awareness they can create their own realities
are at the mercy of hidden agendas. Why, you ask? No faith in
self leaves one open to the destructive suggestions of those wanting
to prosper at their expense.
Somewhere within people like Jessie is the thought "I" ,(a singular
pronoun), can create on my own. They arrived at this conclusion not
to deny any power to feminism, or feminists, but to realize and mature
their own personal power. This is what took place with Jessie.
So why do women like Jessie garner so much vindictiveness from
women calling themselves feminists? The Jessies of the world can
handle anything the world dishes out to them without having to run
for cover.
They don't dislike feminism they just understand if they're to have
properous, abundant, and joyful lives they they must work on both
a physical and spiritual level to create it. It's when they work on
themselves spiritually they discover they have at their disposal all
the tools necessary to achieve their goals, thus realizing they don't
need to depend on other women.
The women's movement may have started out making women aware
they were second class citizens motivating them to self
empowerment. However, at some point many "liberated" women came
to rely solely on the strongarm approach of the movement for career
advancement and not their own abilities.
It's very dangerous when people, in this case, women surrender their
power to an impersonal organization to do all their thinking and
achieving for them. What started out as a forum to encourage free
(and higher) thinking among women has become a suffocating box
smothering the fires of independent thought.
I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning to sail my ship.
~~Louisa May Alcott~~
Women are not The Borg. Jessie and other women like her understand
that it is they who created their lives not a collective of women.
Feminism would best be used to promote self awareness rather than
promoting political agendas or pushing for more laws.
If women like Jessie can make feminists uncomfortable and angry for
choosing to live on their own success steam, then it should be the
feminists job to re-examine their mission. It's only natural for Jessie,
and those like her, to give praise to themselves for their
accomplishments owing just a brief acknowledgement to feminists.
Why? It was she who did her planning,focused on her goals, and
made any needed sacrifices not the feminists on her behalf.
The time has arrived for humans to rise up and respect their
spirits, their inner essence that connects them to the Great Creator.
Judging by the reaction from this feminist associate, Jessie is a
traitor and should be chastized for being self-empowered. How
unfortunate she can't see Jessie is the manifestation of the original
vision feminists had for women.
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