So.
I understand restrictive feminism- where one woman tells another woman that what she's doing is degrading, that it hurts the progression of feminism, that it gives women a bad image..
As a woman, I think it's ridiculous. I'm an individual, I can do what I want, and if the feminist agenda is so easily bruised by my sexuality.. well, it can take a hike. My desires come first.
...As a black person, do I want to bloody and beat Kanye West for his various paranoid and ridiculous activities? Why? They reinforce negative stereotypes! Yeeeah. BLOODY AND BEAT. Do I immediately feel shame because as a strong individual I understand that Kanye West is free to do whatever the hell he likes because he too is an individual and should not be stunted because of my racial perception agenda?
So. I understand that our activities- our pole dancing, our sexy, does probably bother quite a few women, and for good reason. If I were a woman who was trying hard to define myself WITHOUT my sexuality being a great portion of me..... well, I would be really annoyed by women who seemed to revel in that sexuality that I was trying so hard to steer from. Maybe he would say, "That's a real woman", and I would not be a woman in his estimation.
As for me. I do what I want! If someone is so foolish as to package me as only one thing, they're nuts. It reflects upon them rather than upon me. I am not just sex. Or not just an intelligent woman. I'm not just a housewife. I'm not only anything! ..Just like Kanye West isn't just an idiot out to bruise racial relations. *keeps on reminding herself of that*
Anyways. I babble! I'm done! SWEAR.
