Sarah Palin – Role Model for All Feminists
Posted by janisstrope on November 13, 2008
The following was posted as a comment at HuffPost, in response to an article written, unfortunately, by a woman. The article was called “Sarah Palin – Role Model for Anti-Feminists”
Comment: Women will get nowhere as long as people like you seem to think you own the definition of Feminism. Being a Feminist is about wanting to improve life for all women, to improve our representation at every level. Important steps forward for all women can be made by any woman, even a Republican. We need to join together around what unites us and stop tearing each other down. Posts like yours serve only to keep those who think like you from seeing that Palin is raising visibility for all of us. You don’t have to agree with her positions to appreciate that there is a new leader on the stage in the U.S. and it is a woman. That is exciting.
Many of us who consider ourselves Feminists believe she joins Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, and other visible women leaders. She is not in competition with them or undercutting them. She is one of them. She is one of us. Perhaps one day you will let go of your partisanship and last century’s definition of what it means to be a feminist, and embrace other women, rather than cut them down.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
