Give Me That Old Time Feminism

I am not sure what Ehrenreich was exactly trying to get at in this article, but I believe she was hinting to the fact that Feminism is blown completely out of proportions at times. As she said, in many other cultures/countries around the world, women get absolutely 0.00% rights, period. However, a lot of the rights that some women are arguing for in our country are minimal and not at all important in the greater scheme of things. I don't want to sound like a chauvinistic, sexist jerk by saying this, but I agree with Ehrenreich for the most part. I agree that women should be grateful for what we (they) have in the USA, especially when compared to the way that many women have to live in many other countries around the world (Islam women for instance). I don't believe that anyone should be treated like a slave or a disposable object, but at the same time I don't believe that we are free to do anything that we feel like doing (males and females), even in a "free" country such as our own. Now granted I am a male, so feministic arguments don't really pertain to me, but these arguments come down to the moral beliefs of the individual and not going against the moral standards that they have established for themselves (and morally I know where I stand, which goes against premarital/free sex regarding men or women period).