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While Bowdren correctly criticizes Boyle's assertion that "Harvard feminist" and the feminist movement say women must reject traditional female roles, Bowdren's characterization is not much better. After touting her own knowledge and stating that "the word 'feminist' carries a lot more baggage," Bowdren does a laughable job of reducing feminism to what she thinks "most feminist" believe: "men and women are equal because deep down men and women are the same...
...that's never gotten in the way of love...or, for that matter, a political career. My advice is to avoid him, however. Although political differences won't necessarily get in the way of your relationship, they probably will. I doubt it would last long. If you're a feminist and he thinks you're "evil and misguided," it doesn't sound like you have even a healthy friendship going. Look for romance in your own party, honey...
Either Boyle doesn't know much about feminism or she didn't mean what she wrote. I suggest this, because as a conservative woman and someone who knows something about the various strains of feminism, I don't think there's any way to reclaim the term "feminist." Feminists (who without a doubt form a very disparate group) explain their cause as the fight for "equal rights." But the word "feminist" carries a lot more baggage than that...
Hence, contrary to what Boyle thinks, the feminist movement maintains that women can have it all: marriage, children, career, and as many cinnamon-oatmeal-chocolate chip cookies as they...
...this could be why Boyle wasn't featured as one of Peninsula's "Women of the Year" or why no self-described feminist was, either. But my real interest in describing the misdirected efforts of Boyle and those like her is to defend those the Council did pick. In the centerfold of the most recent issue of Peninsula, we each selected the woman we thought deserved recognition. The winners were Abigail Adams, Mother Teresa, Maggie Gallagher and the United Daughters of the Confederacy...