[merylsilverburg]

Originally Posted by Panuru

I think real feminists are more than what Mourdor was talking about. And maybe his post wasn't really about feminists, but about something else. The term feminist is very often misused. Feminism is a serious theory, or better, a corpus of theories, not a way to treat your husband like a fool, or complain because men won't let you park your car before they do. Many women are very confused about this, and simply think being feminist means females must be the first in everything, must benefit from a special status, especially when it comes to everyday's life. These women are usually the ones who are more conservative among all, and are usually the ones who can't realize when in fact they're being treated like inferior beings in more subtle ways, like it happens with the media. They like to think they have power, so they dress in a provocative way, use vulgarity as men do, pretend to obtain the best service in stores and when they go home they want their companions to wash dishes. But apart from that, they really have no idea about what being a woman is and what conquering the respect of the other sex as a woman means.

I agree with you completely. Most women are unaware what it is to be a feminist...to make it plain and simple, if you believe that females should be treated as equally as males, then you are a feminist. The wrong form of feminism and the whole "girl power" term have been highly overused and abused and the result is like what Panuru said: women who believe they are and should be above all the males, deserves better materials than males, find any sort of "offensive" or slightly derogatory comment as misogynistic or sexist. It's rather annoying.

Originally Posted by Redpyramidhead

Racism against white people, just like any other ethnicity, is a very real thing and I have seen it all over the place.

That's true, racism against white people is real whether it's a black person or an Asian and I too have seen this sort of behavior. I see what you're saying, but considering that whites are a predominate majority, the remarks against them are either hush-hush or not widely spread.

Originally Posted by Redpyramidhead

I have no doubt that your negative feelings about your father are justified. The mere fact that you mention you are afraid of people labeling your feelings as typical young adult angst shows that you have some kind of understanding of the difference between that, which would be more of a phase type thing, and what your emotions are actually based on.

I simply only wanted to clarify since even people I know face to face when I was a child or even now fail to "see" or get it.

Originally Posted by Redpyramidhead

Meryl, I imagine when you have kids someday, you will make a good parent because you will know exactly what not to do. You seem the type of person to learn from experience and I doubt you would repeat the same mistakes. You are one of the more mature people your age that I know. Keep it up.. lol

Hehe, well I'll never have kids guranteed so that settles that, but thanks anyway. As for my "maturity", I'm just really anal that's all.

Originally Posted by Faile

Jellyfish! Eek!

Oh man, Faile's mentioning of jellyfish reminded me of one of my hugest fears which I cannot believe I forgot! I'd like to send to Room 101:

Spiders. All of them, I don't care how rare they are or how profound of a discovery they are or how helpful they are (okay, unless maybe they can cure the most complicated diseases, but only then), they all just need to disappear! Eek indeed!