Women have had the power of naming stolen from us.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A wife should no more take her husband's name than he should hers. My name is my identity and must not be lost.
The vast majority of women who marry still take their husband's name. And I'm not vilifying that behavior! But that's a pattern where women are truly still taking on their husbands' identities.
Female authors were still using male names when I was young, or they were neatly shoehorned into 'women's books' except for those few that men could always point at when the disparity was pointed out.
Women have seen that they have locked themselves up with feminist writing.
Almost everything has been stolen from us by the patriarchy. Our creativity has been stolen, our creative energies, our religion. I want it back.
The word feminism needs to be taken back. It needs to be reclaimed in a way that is inclusive of men.
The role of women has always been undervalued in the spy world, always undermined in terms of recognition. Unfairly so. It's a world that needs women.
Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it.
We have built our identities in many respects based on the guilt-ridden stories we have been told about our creation. For women, it is a very damning knowledge to be portrayed as curious and careless seductresses.
If a woman wants to take her husband's name, that's her choice, and I still think she can be feminist while doing that.