Thanks go to Stanton Anderson (letter February 2) for opening doors like a gentleman, yet the bad manners of a few are no reason to blame societies ills on the advancement of women. As women become more educated and able to care for themselves, the evidence shows they have healthier children and benefit society, not the other way around.
I take issue with a man defining "true femininity," but agree it is a source of "strength, wisdom, and admiration." I just hope that the values of compassion, service, and nurturing are not limited by gender, and men who put them into action can someday be free of the stereotypes with which they are often labeled when they do.
He asked if the cry on the Titanic--"Women first"--would or should be given today. That command pertained to upper class, white women. Women without suffrage who could not own property, whose wages belonged to their husbands, and who were forced to abandon their children if they divorced. A command that left many poor, non-Caucasian people locked with the rats--unable to even jump or try to swim.
Mr. Anderson, feminists don't want to be more like men. We ask you to open doors for everyone regardless of gender, race, creed, social class, or orientation. We prefer the opportunity to vote for representation and the opportunity to address leadership regarding the lack of lifeboats on this ship, so that every mother's child is afforded an opportunity to save themselves.
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