The Not So Loyal Opposition
For you, what are the implications of the movement to empower women?
Opposing Empowerment
From history it is clear that there are very many people opposed to women being empowered. It was not so long ago that women did not have the right to vote. They had to be brave, march in the streets and insist that they should have such a right. In the 1960s came the women’s liberation movement. In some ways it was not an easy time for women. I recall women dressing in what amounted to men’s suits wit...
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In addition, I'll add that a HUGE part of the opposition isn't men - it's other women! Women put down women a significant amount of the time. A big part of this are the women that hate on other women who feel empowered by exposing skin. All too often models - especially those in Playboy or who dance for a living - are called "whores" and "asking for it". Meanwhile, those same women love to drool over shirtless men with muscles on book covers. Why do men get to chose to be half naked, but women don't? Nudity is the SAME as birth control/abortion: You're right when you say it's not about the birth control or the abortion - it's about women making the choice for themselves. The same thing can be said about clothing/nudity. The common denominator is that men have choices women do not. Because society looks down upon women making their own clothing choices.