Cross-posted at Eclectablog.
I was raised by a single mother and an ardent feminist. She dragged my brother and I to Equal Rights Amendment rallies and to hear prominent feminist women speak. Our house was papered with posters which said things like "Women are Not Chicks" and "Men of Quality are Not Threatened by Women for Equality". I even sported a button that read "Male Feminist" for a time. Until she died several years ago, she remained active in the feminist movement.
I think she would be appalled by what's happening in politics today. She would have been thrilled, of course, by Senator Clinton's ascension to a run for the presidency. But she would have wept to see the Republican Party co-opt the feminist message, pervert it for their own gain, and set it back decades in time.
More after the jump.
