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...you can't criticize a so-called feminist without being labeled a misogynistic nut. I always wondered why young women were so loath to label themselves as feminists.
I guess now I know why.
All this hand-holding of a grown woman who should have known the consequences of her actions and should have known to take responsibility for her words is sort of sickening. The reason I call myself a feminist is because, in my personal life, I am surrounded by strong, successful, intelligent, humble women, and I have no higher aspirations than to be like them. I'm not talking about 'strong housewives,' either. These women are PhDs, university professors, attorneys, judges, doctors, and mothers.
Marcotte and her ilk don't hold a candle to these women. After the verbal upchuck she's produced, I doubt any young girl will look up to her the way I wish girls would look up to "feminists."
As I just wrote on my own totally inconsequential blog, I'm on the verge of "quitting" Salon altogether over all this nonsense. I can barely stomach it.
