you-dont-have-to-be-female-to-be-a-feminist &laquo; WordPress.com Tag Feed http://en.wordpress.com/tag/you-dont-have-to-be-female-to-be-a-feminist/ Feed of posts on WordPress.com tagged "you-dont-have-to-be-female-to-be-a-feminist" Tue, 21 May 2013 10:45:19 +0000 http://en.wordpress.com/tags/ en <![CDATA[Feminism is a Human Issue]]> http://howilearnedproject.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/feminism-is-a-human-issue/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:24:24 +0000 K.M. OSullivan http://howilearnedproject.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/feminism-is-a-human-issue/ There are times, as the mother of sons only, I feel like a visitor in the world of empowered women. Sure, I believe *I* am a strong feminist, but so much talk is about daughters and creating a world where our daughters are free from stereotypes, gender role expectations, and body-image issues. But while daughters are at the forefront no one believes this is just a woman’s issue. Stereotypes of all kinds—gender based, size based, ability based, race based, faith based, ideology based—damage our communities. When we raise children, male or female, free of limits and full of compassion, openness, and acceptance we will have done a good thing.

Yes, feminism is a human issue.

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A boy at play

This is our youngest dressed in his pink pajama bottoms and his pirate shirt.

Here he is busy cooking and cleaning in his kitchen after a long day of storming the castle dressed as a knight, putting together Disney puzzles, making necklaces, decorating his face with markers (washable thank goodness), and reading his favorite Frog and Toad stories with me.

We are raising a good human.  

 

 

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]]> <![CDATA[Feminism is a Human Issue]]> http://kmosullivan.com/2012/01/27/feminism-is-a-human-issue/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:24:24 +0000 K.M. OSullivan http://kmosullivan.com/2012/01/27/feminism-is-a-human-issue/ There are times, as the mother of sons only, I feel like a visitor in the world of empowered women. Sure, I believe *I* am a strong feminist, but so much talk is about daughters and creating a world where our daughters are free from stereotypes, gender role expectations, and body-image issues. But while daughters are at the forefront no one believes this is just a woman’s issue. Stereotypes of all kinds—gender based, size based, ability based, race based, faith based, ideology based—damage our communities. When we raise children, male or female, free of limits and full of compassion, openness, and acceptance we will have done a good thing.

Yes, feminism is a human issue.

~~~~~~~

A boy at play

This is our youngest dressed in his pink pajama bottoms and his pirate shirt.

Here he is busy cooking and cleaning in his kitchen after a long day of storming the castle dressed as a knight, putting together Disney puzzles, making necklaces, decorating his face with markers (washable thank goodness), and reading his favorite Frog and Toad stories with me.

We are raising a good human.  

 

 

Thank you for reading How I Learned to Wear a Dress. To stay up to date SUBSCRIBE to this HILWD blog, LIKE us on Facebook, and/or FOLLOW us on Twitter (@howkellylearned  #HILWD).

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