TEXAS FAITH: What does feminism mean to you?
That question is the subject of a growing discussion given that Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann both claim to be feminists. Except their feminism differs from the days of Gloria Steinem. Lisa Miller, a religion writer for Washington Post.com and On Faith, describes Bachmann's feminism this way :
"Instead, a 'feminist' is a fiscally conservative, pro-life butt-kicker in public, a cooperative helpmate at home, and a Christian wife and mother, above all. Rep. Michele Bachmann is Exhibit A. With her relentless attacks on big government and a widely circulated 2006 video in which she credits her professional success to the submission of her will to Jesus and her husband, Bachmann represents 'a new definition of feminism,' says Stephen Bannon, director of 'Fire From the Heartland,' a 2010 movie about the female leaders of the tea party."
And here is how Miller describes Palin:
"Last year, Sarah Palin connected herself with feminists in a speech -- not the kind who loaf about 'in the faculty lounge at some East Coast women's college,' as she put it, but a gun-toting, self-reliant, pro-life Christian woman who credits her gender as the source of her power."
Miller believes that these new feminists derive their clout from motherhood. As she concludes:
"It's their focus on motherhood, I think, that makes these new Christian feminists so appealing to millions -- their unflinching insistence that their families come first, that even the most ambitious among them occasionally have spit-up on their blouses."
So, is this the new feminism? If so, what do you make of it? If not, what does feminism mean to you? KATIE SHERROD, Independent writer/producer, progressive Episcopalian activist, Fort Worth Every time the news media writes about "new feminism" or the "new face of feminism" it usually means they are trying to set up one their beloved "let's you and her fight" scenarios so common in coverage of women competing in the public sphere. If we really respected women and their choices in our country, this question would never be asked. And yes, women can be as sexist as men -- after all, we live in the same patriarchal society men do. It's like the old saying that if fish could think, the last thing they would see is water. We all are so submerged in the sexism in our society we often don't even see it.
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