Feminism has evolved, from first wave feminists who gained rights for women in the first part of the century through the bra burning the second wave we have arrived where we are today with at third wave of feminists. Kelsey Hopson-Shiller is a modern third wave feminist and social worker in her 30’s, and we communicated regarding her views on modern feminism, patriarchy and the role of religion in modern America.
We started talking about her views on feminism and patriarchy. According to Kelsey, she defines feminism “Equality regardless of gender, with conversation and communication about how to make gender equality applicable across races and ethnicities.” This view is very similar to that of other modern feminists and a departure from the …show more content…
Are modern religions cultivating a safe environment for women? Kelsey stated “the media loves a good story about creepy fundamentalists” and “there 're lots of mainstream patriarchal/misogynistic modern religious sects”. Yet “Some do!” adding, “I do think you have to look for them”. This, amongst other reasons, attracted her to becoming a Reform Jew, stating “my rabbi is a lady, all the leaders of the service I to go to are women, and the leadership is (almost) evenly divided by gender.” Yet few of religious groups are goddess based and no major religion is, leading us to have certain societal views based on the patriarchal framework.
In Kelsey’s view in a goddess based society “people would be taught to venerate more traditionally female characteristics as opposed to more traditionally male characteristics, like military might and smiting and raping and pillaging.” As well as feeling that “we 'd have a more effective system in place supporting women who give birth and have children” and “the whole process would be more respected.” With that respect would we still have the cultural feeling that women are women and men are men instead of understanding that we are all humans and part of the …show more content…
In Kelsey’s opinion “I don 't think America is a safe place for women and I think a lot of the conversations we 're having as a society lately are bringing that point home to me in a way that I hadn 't really considered viscerally and personally previously.” Noting that “it 's really strange to realize that there are a LOT of otherwise kind, educated people who really believe that a woman is responsible somehow for making sure she isn 't sexually assaulted and that there are certain situations where violating someone 's body without her say so is warranted and/or acceptable.” Expanding on her thought “I think I kind of knew like all women are taught from a very early age that the world is a hazardous place to be female.” While recognizing the privilege she has lived with up to this point “But I, myself, have always felt safe doing whatever the fuck I wanted to do and I had the privilege of believing that no one wanted to hurt me, specifically, just for existing and being a
We started talking about her views on feminism and patriarchy. According to Kelsey, she defines feminism “Equality regardless of gender, with conversation and communication about how to make gender equality applicable across races and ethnicities.” This view is very similar to that of other modern feminists and a departure from the …show more content…
Are modern religions cultivating a safe environment for women? Kelsey stated “the media loves a good story about creepy fundamentalists” and “there 're lots of mainstream patriarchal/misogynistic modern religious sects”. Yet “Some do!” adding, “I do think you have to look for them”. This, amongst other reasons, attracted her to becoming a Reform Jew, stating “my rabbi is a lady, all the leaders of the service I to go to are women, and the leadership is (almost) evenly divided by gender.” Yet few of religious groups are goddess based and no major religion is, leading us to have certain societal views based on the patriarchal framework.
In Kelsey’s view in a goddess based society “people would be taught to venerate more traditionally female characteristics as opposed to more traditionally male characteristics, like military might and smiting and raping and pillaging.” As well as feeling that “we 'd have a more effective system in place supporting women who give birth and have children” and “the whole process would be more respected.” With that respect would we still have the cultural feeling that women are women and men are men instead of understanding that we are all humans and part of the …show more content…
In Kelsey’s opinion “I don 't think America is a safe place for women and I think a lot of the conversations we 're having as a society lately are bringing that point home to me in a way that I hadn 't really considered viscerally and personally previously.” Noting that “it 's really strange to realize that there are a LOT of otherwise kind, educated people who really believe that a woman is responsible somehow for making sure she isn 't sexually assaulted and that there are certain situations where violating someone 's body without her say so is warranted and/or acceptable.” Expanding on her thought “I think I kind of knew like all women are taught from a very early age that the world is a hazardous place to be female.” While recognizing the privilege she has lived with up to this point “But I, myself, have always felt safe doing whatever the fuck I wanted to do and I had the privilege of believing that no one wanted to hurt me, specifically, just for existing and being a