Letter: Feminists fight for all women's rights

[BeckyDem]

By Megan Price Today at 6:10 a.m.

Recently, a letter-writer described her feelings about women's rights ("'Rights' talk rings false to many women," Page A4, Feb. 18)

The writer engaged in the "who has it worse" Olympics—for example, she brought up how women are treated in Afghanistan.

But none have said we're the only ones suffering, or that our situation is the worst. To engage in that talk pits us against each other. And the fact that someone, somewhere has it worse does not negate the injustice anyone else is experiencing.

The writer also states, "God created a woman to somehow be a wife and mother. Everything else is secondary." She is welcome to that opinion, but my ambitions are set in a different direction. I am in a master's program at UND, I have a job as a mental health practitioner, and I love the idea of spending my life helping people.

Does that make me less of a woman? I don't believe it does.

Here is what I say to the writer and those who share her beliefs:

You are not equal to men. You never have been. You make less for the same work, your body is still being governed by a room full of people who don't have a uterus, you must always be conscious of your behavior and sobriety because both will be questioned if you are assaulted, you are objectified in most aspects of society, and your looks are valued over your IQ.

http://www.grandforksherald.com/opinion/letters/4224073-letter-feminists-fight-all-womens-rights

[Skittles]

1. it's always strange, people who act like human rights are like pie

that there is a limited amount to be divied up

[BeckyDem]

2. The woman in question adds another layer of a block against those of us who are

seeking full equality. Not only in the law, but in the mindset of all people. She aspires for so little, just as you say.