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A Stay-at-Home Mom's Take on Feminism

© Michelle C.

Becky's note: Thanks so much to Michelle C. for being my guest contributor this month. Feminism has been a hot topic lately since there is so much attention on the female pro golfer playing on a men's tour this month. Michelle's article follows: _________________________________________________ __________________________

I think that Feminism has brought some positive changes about. I am thankful for my right to vote and have a bank account. I am thankful that I have a CHOICE of whether to have children and be at home with them, or to not have children and have a career. Or if something happens to my husband, or I had a husband who abuses me or my children, I have the freedom to further my education and have a career that pays enough to support my children. If I HAD to.

I think this freedom is taken too far though, and that marriages and families are broken apart for reasons that just aren't serious enough. Women are expected to work out of the home and stretch themselves in a million pieces and still be a good wife and mother. Something has to give, and it has. The children, and society, are paying the price.

With the bitter comes the sweet. The bitter part of feminism is that it has blurred the lines of femininity and masculinity. I value my womanhood. I am different from a man, I am a woman. I like being a woman. I don't know that men and women can ever be "equal", because we are not (the same). We are, by nature, by God's design, different. That is my big problem with feminism. I feel it is an attack on who women were truly designed to be. I feel it is an attack on innocent children forced to grow up with only 1 parent and/or spend every day in daycare because divorce and working mothers are so common. To me, these should be the rare exception, not the majority of society.

There are a lot of problems in our society, even the "affluent" parts. Feminism has had a big influence on families. It is an attack on human life and the Christian values I hold dear. These are my opinions, of course, and not meant to debate anyone else. I'm just sharing my 2cents for what it's worth. I realize we all have different callings in life and I do not judge anyone for theirs.