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Home: Current Issues: Feminism: LINKS_PAGE Current Issues: Feminism: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Islam’s original feminist - Robert FulfordAdvocates of even mild feminism were thin on the ground in 19th-century Egypt. But in 1899, the Cairo newspapers announced the appearance of at least one citizen who held outlandishly modern opinions on the subject. Read more... Letter to a Young Girl - Alice von HildebrandHow beautiful when a bride can say to her husband on their wedding night, “I have kept this garden virginal for you, and now, with God's permission I am giving you its key, knowing that you will enter into it with reverence.” This touching piece of writing would be a lovely gift of truth for a young girl or even for a young boy to read in the proper context. Read more... Liberated from the Confines of Feminism - Karna SwansonDeciding against the old ideas of feminism, women are taking on their true, identity — and offering society a unique and feminine contribution that unites instead of dividing. Read more... Ms Discovers Motherhood: Ann Crittenden on mothers and choices - Kathryn LopezHaving decided to resign from the New York Times in order to raise her infant son, Crittenden found herself, like many feminists, faced with a shocker. Motherhood is actually important, enjoyable even. Read more... Ms. Fix-It - Kay HymowitzWhile Hillary Clinton attempts to storm the Oval Office, some of her less renowned sisters are busy liberating one of the few other remaining male strongholds: the hardware store. Read more... Of Pillars and Spores: The Genius of Woman - Sister Renee MirkesPillars and spores are images used by Edith Stein (1891-1942) in one of her essays on women. The woman who becomes or is becoming what she is meant to be, Stein explains, is “like a pillar to which many fasten themselves, thereby attaining a firm footing.” Further, women who are on their way to becoming whole persons can, in turn, help others to realize their personal fulfillment. In this way, Stein argues, women are like “healthy, energetic spores supplying healthy energy” to all whom God puts in their path. The metaphors of pillar and spore provide easy to remember associational images of how Stein defines the constitutive nature, vocation, and genius of woman. Read more... Persistent Myths in Feminist Scholarship - Christina Hoff Sommers"Harder to kill than a vampire." That is what the sociologist Joel Best calls a bad statistic. But, as I have discovered over the years, among false statistics the hardest of all to slay are those promoted by feminist professors. Read more... Pope John Paul II's Teaching on Women - Mary Rousseau“John Paul II’s vision of the dignity and vocation of women is one of the most exciting events of our era,” writes Mary Rousseau, who provides an inspiring overview of that vision. Read more... Practical Romance - Brad MinerG.K. Chesterton speaks of the human need for “practical romance” -- a mixture of something strange with something secure. Read more... Pro-Life Feminist: Not a Contradiction in Terms - Insight MagazineI would get angry looking at bumper stickers on people's cars! I would get angry at the way the whole debate was being twisted in the media so that if you were antiabortion you were anti-woman. Read more... Pages Updated On: 20-Nov-2009 - 13:15:41
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