Confessions of a Catholic Feminist
Before you judge, I want to let you know a few facts about me:
I am a human being of the same flesh and bone like you and me.
I am a woman and a feminist.
I do believe in God and I will continue to do so because He will always forgive and love me no matter what.
But I also believe everyone, catholic or not, should have equal rights and defend those who are overlooked and are forced to be silent. I believe a pregnant woman should have the liberty to decide what's best for her baby's welfare than to have my government or 70-80yr chaste men (cough*cardinals and popes*) who will never carry a child inside their own bodies in their lifetime.
If you are wondering, I am pro-choice. I am concern for my health first before I am ready give another life. How could the baby be healthy if the mom is not? Worse, what happens to the mother when the attention is on how the baby will be born and not how it will be raised? An unborn is an unborn, not a human but a clump of cell transfiguring into baby. We, as women, are the only gender to carry a child for nine months.
Until women received adequate healthcare and the same career opportunities as males without sexual or physical prejudice, then I will go back to being pro-life. I am still waiting for the change.
I am proud who I am whether you damn me or praise me.
Intellectual questions please. But you can ask anyway.
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October32011
Controversial in some areas, accepted in others; child brides are clearly a topic of debate. Some see these older men as predators, others see them misguidedly as protectors and saviors from the cruel world of oppression children and women have to face. Either way, these children are thrown into a world and life that sucks away their youth.
Child brides reflect the perceptions of society and how deeply patriarchy has been embedded in our customs that the innocence of a female child is a prized commodity. It should also be recognized, however, that this is not a third world issue. These sentiments towards women and the stereotypes that continue to persist that women should be virginal and innocent, plague Global North countries as well; they are just spun to seem acceptable and appear that the 16-year-old bride is “mature.”
This is why I’m pro-choice.
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