“A Day without Feminism” Response

After reading A Day without Feminism, I literally say aloud, Wow, Ive taken so many things for granted. Im pretty certain(p) my roommate thinks Im strange for this sudden outburst, but it really shocked me to see how far the womens movement has taken our society in such a mindless amount time. In the remainder paragraph, the question is asked Has feminism changed our lives? The answer to that question is yes. I grew up attending a child-care center, playing in Little League, and taking the classes that every unity in my class took whether male or female.Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys were what we homogeneousd to blackguard grandma books. I won two softball State Championships on the varsity level. I took pre-calculus and calculus, sequence planning prom and decorating the gym. Girls and young women DO impart sex while theyre unmarried (on a pretty frequent basis too). When I raise a trip the gynecologist, she always tells me the side make of my birth control choices. Rarely a day goes by without hearing of an opposite girl whos decided to explore the lesbian lifestyle. With this being said its clear the world I continue barely resembles the world these women were born into.Some of these situations that took authority honorable under forty years past seem completely outrageous. Its really hard to believe women actually let things standardized this happen. Examples that stick with out in my mind the most include women being strapped down and lying down, made to thrust the child against gravity for the doctors convenience and a woman going under the injure to see if she has breast cancer and waking up to find that the choice (Halsted mastectomy) has been made for her. The conditions of my childhood compared to things like this happening add an overall shock effect in this reading.Although there is such a prodigious shock effect present, I do not feel as if Baumgardner and Richards wanted the shock to master the reader in a way that seemed outrag eous, but they wanted make the reader realize that it would be unfair to consider these advancements as privileges. Privileges are advantages gained usually as a result of wealth or social status, not something fought hard to earn. Its unfair that we (women) are constantly made to feel that we should be thankful for the social changes that have taken place over the last century. These rights should have never been an issue.They shouldve just been a part of our daily lives, as they were for males. Baumgardner and Richards ask the questions in the second paragraph Is feminism loose? and Do we need new strategies? I feel like the spirit of feminism isnt dead at all. One milestone, which sticks out clearly in my mind as part of the feminist movement, took place just a short time ago. This milestone occurred somewhat the time that Hilary Clinton entered herself into the race for presidency. It was one of those mountains a woman needed to climb and Hilary Clinton was the first do so. Im definitely not seek to put Hilary Clinton on a high pedestal.I realize there are many other women who have done phenomenal things over the past thirty years, but its just one major example in the progress of feminism I have noticed in my short eighteen years on earth. To answer the second question, I dont feel like the strategies need to be changed. With writings such as A Day without Feminism floating around and women running for presidency and vice-presidency, I have no doubt that feminism will remain alive(predicate) until the ultimate goal has been reached. In conclusion, it is essential for us to see change is part of every memorial and culture.The feministic changes that have been made in the United States were necessary and there is still a lot go away to do. After reading A Day without Feminism its clear to see our mothers and grandmothers worked hard to make sure we would we would someday reach an even plateau with men and its our job to make sure the same is true f or future women raised in this country. We should celebrate our female foremothers who had the vision that we should have more. Women have fought for everything we have and we need to continue to the good fight so that one day women will no longer need to fight this fight.