I’m going to the Ordain Women action on April 5th. I support it. Anytime a group of people get together to lobby for change for women it’s worth paying attention. Historical public action to highlight the lack of equality for women has earned some women the right to vote, it has earned women reproductive rights, the right to own property, the right to employment and pay parity. It has challenged the cult of domesticity, the sexual objectification of women, the normalization of patriarchy, it has drawn attention to the plight of domestic violence, and has more recently sought to challenge sexist culture. Actions that I support.
But while I consider myself nominally a feminist I am mostly a womanist.
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