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Dear Aaron,

             I can’t say I’m surprised, not to mention relieved, that the relationship has ended. At first the suddenness of it struck me, but as you said, there was a battle raging within you the whole time. I’m just thankful that the right side has won. As I said, it is hard to meld two completely different worldviews, especially when they are held as strongly as were the two of yours. I do hope you can remain friends, and I must say I am a bit shocked you didn’t realize that she is a feminist. The power of infatuation never ceases to amaze me.  

Personally, it is only the radical feminists that bother me, and that is because I think their agenda is harmful to society. One of the most harmful causes our local feminists push for is typified by the slogan “Yes means yes and no means no.” In other words, they believe that no matter where a woman is, who she is with, or in whatever state of sexual involvement she happens to be, if she says no all activity must cease. Now maybe if we lived in a feminized version of an ideal world this would work, but we don’t, and many young women have been raped as a result.

If we keep in mind that once a guy begins the sexual act everything in him screams to finish the job, I’ll walk you through a typical date rape scenario. Two students, much like the ones we talked about earlier, have hooked up after a night of drinking and dancing. One thing leads to another, and they are just about ready to engage in intercourse, when the young woman begins to have second thoughts. Maybe he stopped a bit too long to find his condom before resuming action. At any rate, it’s a little late in the process, but being well schooled in feminist thought, she tells him that she is ready to stop. The guy in his inebriated male mind cannot think of one reason to have gone that far only to pack his bags and go home. He hears her say no, and yet everything in him screams go. In his drunken state he obeys his passions and forces his way through. Now she has been raped, and he may be going to jail, and all because of a misguided feminist slogan.

I think feminists would help women a lot more if they would encourage them not to start what they aren’t planning to finish. This may cut back on what they perceive to be feminist freedoms and ideals, but it will keep many women from being raped, and many men from becoming rapists.

It has also been my observation over the years that far from sexually empowering women, feminism has actually weakened them. It all began on a positive note in the late ’60s when the feminists began to decry the sexual double standard that existed in America. In those days it was considered to be okay for a young man to sow his wild oats. In fact, he was admired by his peers for doing so, but if a woman was sexually active before marriage she was considered to be a whore. This was obviously wrong, and the feminists had a golden opportunity to raise the standard. They could have declared, “If we are considered to be whores if we have sex before marriage, and if you won’t marry us if we do, then we will consider you to be whoremongers and won’t marry you if you do.” Sadly, Instead of taking the high road, they took the low one, and in essence said that it was okay for them to sow their wild oats too. In my opinion women have been paying the price ever since.

You see, the power a woman used to have was that when a guy was pursuing her and desiring sex, she made him prove his love first; he could prove it by taking responsibility and marrying her. These days as soon as a woman feels a certain way towards a guy, and he claims to love her, she gives him everything. As I assume you know, under these circumstances most guys will take everything but won’t really respect the women who give it. I’ve heard many women complain that it’s hard these days to get men to commit to marriage, but why should they? As grandma used to say, “Why buy the cow if you can get the milk for free?”

I can’t help but believe that most of the feminist movement today is simply women wanting to be men and losing what it is to be a woman in the process. Not only do feminists want to be sexually promiscuous like men, but I am also convinced that knowing there were more consequences for them than for us, they saw abortion as a way of leveling the playing field. In the process they learned to despise the fruit of their womb. Many of them want careers like men, and as a result are losing their motherhood. Some even dress like men and sport male haircuts, seemingly despising their femininity.

            On the one hand, much of this only applies to the more radical feminists, but on the other hand, most feminists, and dare I say most Americans today, have been influenced to some degree by this philosophy. Your ex sounds as if she has been influenced more than most, but remember you are planting seeds now that may come to fruition years from now. So keep up the good work, and try not to get too frustrated. Who knows, she may end up thanking you in the end.

Much relieved,

Uncle Greg