---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Jan 2, 2006 2:31 PM
saw this somewhere and thought it might be of interest to you all........ So here with some modifications is Thank a feminist If you are a woman voter, thank a feminist. If your doctor is a woman, thank a feminist. If you open the help-wanted section of any U.S. paper and see job listings classified by occupation rather than "help wanted - male" and "help wanted - female", thank a feminist. If your depression is taken seriously rather than considered a byproduct of having a uterus, thank a feminist. If, in counseling, you aren't assumed to envy a man for having a penis, thank a feminist. If you can have birth control prescribed to you without first obtaining your husband's written permission, thank a feminist. If you're allowed to teach school regardless of your marital status, and you're a woman, thank a feminist. If you're allowed to enter an apprenticeship program, thank a feminist. If you are told you can become something other than a nurse, a grade-school teacher, a housewife and mother, or a nun, thank a feminist. If you expect to be considered for admission to university programs based on your qualifications rather than your gender, thank a feminist. If you expect your qualifications for admission to educational programs to be considered equally, rather than after every male applicant has been admitted, thank a feminist. If you've heard of the crime of domestic violence, and know that it's illegal, thank a feminist. If you can drive, thank a feminist. If you expect to be paid the same wage as a man doing the same job you are, with the same seniority and the same qualifications, thank a feminist. If you are considered a person in your own right rather than the chattel of a man, thank a feminist. If you're legally permitted to own property in your own name, thank a feminist. If you don't expect to be fired because a man "needs your job to feed his family", thank a feminist. If the phrase "non-traditional occupation" seems a little old-fashioned or, better yet, you don't understand it at all, thank a feminist. If you can look in the yellow pages of your nearest major metropolis and find a dedicated women's clinic, thank a feminist. If you hear terms like "firefighter", "police officer", or "postal worker" in everday life, thank a feminist. If the phrase "she's a woman lawyer" seems odd, thank a feminist. If you aren't expected to leave the room at a party when the conversation turns to current events and politics, thank a feminist. If you're a grown woman and don't expect to be called "girl" when you're fifty, thank a feminist. If you as a woman realise that it is not "you" that is wrong but patriarchy, thank a feminist If you recognise that you are part of a large movement -thank all those feminists Take some time, today, and thank a feminist. -- Knowledge is power... share it equitably! http://www.gnu.org
