Women have had their time in the lime light of history. They have gained their own rights and are considered equal everywhere. This is an over generalization and desensitized idea of what the feminist movement has done for the women of the world and shadows the truth of Feminism. Feminism is still relevant today due to modern social interests, cultures, and various controversial government policies.
There are those amongst society that are pro-feminists, although for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Anti-Feminists see the Feminist movement as a childish reform that has no need in today’s society. There is more than one type of Pro-feminists, like modernists (commonly known as Ifeminists), radicals, liberals, and many more. …show more content…
The most well-known of these being abortion. “Because abortions are illegal, women who need and want them have no choice in the matter, and you—because you know how to perform them—have no choice, either. What has been violated here is your freedom of choice, and every woman's freedom of choice, too.” (Cite 4) – ‘you’ as referring to the doctor who performs abortion. The controversial topic in abortion pertains to those of secular, orthodox, and feminist ideals. A character that articulated abortion fantastically was Dr. Wilbur Larch – a young gynecologist and obstetrician in the novel The Cider House Rules. He performs abortions from a deeply felt wish to allow women a choice, giving them, in the doctor’s own words, “an orphan or an abortion” (Cite 4, 102). A long standing controversy where the church is against the murder of a potential life, the government is in line with the majority, and feminists are prochoice. Such controversial laws such as abortion are among the many that pertain to the anti–feministic laws in the various nations of the world. At the time set in the novel The Cider House Rules, Dr. Larch’s practicing, abortion was illegal. This gives us a glimpse into what it would be like to have abortion as such. “If abortion was legal, a woman would have a choice—and so would you. You could feel free not to do it because someone else would. But the way it is, you're trapped. Women are trapped. Women are victims, and so are you.” (cite 4). Referencing personal freedom we see how abortion can hinder the freedoms of
There are those amongst society that are pro-feminists, although for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Anti-Feminists see the Feminist movement as a childish reform that has no need in today’s society. There is more than one type of Pro-feminists, like modernists (commonly known as Ifeminists), radicals, liberals, and many more. …show more content…
The most well-known of these being abortion. “Because abortions are illegal, women who need and want them have no choice in the matter, and you—because you know how to perform them—have no choice, either. What has been violated here is your freedom of choice, and every woman's freedom of choice, too.” (Cite 4) – ‘you’ as referring to the doctor who performs abortion. The controversial topic in abortion pertains to those of secular, orthodox, and feminist ideals. A character that articulated abortion fantastically was Dr. Wilbur Larch – a young gynecologist and obstetrician in the novel The Cider House Rules. He performs abortions from a deeply felt wish to allow women a choice, giving them, in the doctor’s own words, “an orphan or an abortion” (Cite 4, 102). A long standing controversy where the church is against the murder of a potential life, the government is in line with the majority, and feminists are prochoice. Such controversial laws such as abortion are among the many that pertain to the anti–feministic laws in the various nations of the world. At the time set in the novel The Cider House Rules, Dr. Larch’s practicing, abortion was illegal. This gives us a glimpse into what it would be like to have abortion as such. “If abortion was legal, a woman would have a choice—and so would you. You could feel free not to do it because someone else would. But the way it is, you're trapped. Women are trapped. Women are victims, and so are you.” (cite 4). Referencing personal freedom we see how abortion can hinder the freedoms of