Can You Be Feminine and a Feminist at the Same Time?
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2013/01/04 15:00:00
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She might just be the most adorakable star on primetime TV but don’t let Zooey Deschanel’s cupcake-making, sugary sweet character Jess fool you. The actress behind the perky onscreen persona has more substance than “New Girl” viewers might expect. In a recent interview with Glamour magazine, the ingénue confessed that she’s a feminist. And she took a stance to add that it doesn’t mean she also shouldn’t be able to wear a “Peter Pan collar” if she so desires.
So when Glamour’s Logan Hill asked Deschanel if she wanted any kids, the recently divorced 32-year-old stood up for the sisterhood firing back that he wouldn’t ask George Clooney that question. And she does have a point.
Some might think that the uber-girly actress is too soft to be strong. But it’s hard to image that in 2013, the two-time Golden Globe nominee for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical would be forced to forgo the false eyelashes and blushing complexion to be taken seriously in Hollywood and beyond. And yet it does leave room to ponder whether or not she lessens her impact by giving her female empowerment website the name “HelloGiggles.”
Some might think that the uber-girly actress is too soft to be strong. But it’s hard to image that in 2013, the two-time Golden Globe nominee for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical would be forced to forgo the false eyelashes and blushing complexion to be taken seriously in Hollywood and beyond. And yet it does leave room to ponder whether or not she lessens her impact by giving her female empowerment website the name “HelloGiggles.”
After years of fighting for equality, it seems that women still need to suppress their more ladylike tendencies to get ahead. What do you think? Can you be feminine and a feminist at the same time?
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Top Opinion
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whateverbabynevermind 2013/01/04 18:56:21Yes
+38That's such a disturbed question. Feminism isn't about dressing like a man and hammering some drywall. It's about being able to be however you most want to be, whether that's super "girly" or "butch", as our society likes to label the styles.
Edit: It doesn't matter if your conservative or liberal.
Oh! And by golly, I have asked a guy preparing for marriage if he wanted to have children?
To be feminine in dress, appearance, or demeanor does not violate the thought process that men and women should have the same rights/responsibilities in our society.
The opposite of feminist is sexist, by definition.
If, by definition a feminist is to be "Like a Man" then no.
But I answer Yes, because I can respect a Woman just as much as a Man... even if she is beautiful.
There you go-the old "us and them"negative response against women in society forced into that situation in the first place by the"us and them"of the male chauvinistic attitudes of societies traditional gender stereotyping to the advantage of men.You stink of the old"Bob the Builder and Provider", and."..Barbie the Doll and Server"trash.Equal rights and opportunity is clearly not your field and how typical the same talks of respect as if being an expert on ethic values and civil rights.Most women object to preconceived negative degrading attitudes towards women by individuals and by Society,but many having to be both the mother, Housekeeper,Kitchen maid at home and going to work have little time and energy to actively take part in the cause of feminism.A woman who chooses to follow a career has to be twice as good as her male working Colleagues to achieve equal respect and recognition as to her male colleagues when working in a traditional male environment.Understandably therefore being only human many women therefore will consider what is for them under the circumstances the best possible choice.