What We Give Up 

Recently I separated from my husband for a while to move in with my relatives. In the interest of doing what I felt best for my daughter, however, I came back- if only temporarily. I also came back because I was still unsure and frightened of what I would do if I stayed gone and … Continue reading What We Give Up 

Thoughts on Coverture, Suffrage, Chivalry, Patriarchy and the Natural Order

"There are people in Europe who, confounding together the different characteristics of the sexes, would make of man and woman beings not only equal but alike. They would give to both the same functions, impose on both the same duties, and grant to both the same rights; they would mix them in all things – … Continue reading Thoughts on Coverture, Suffrage, Chivalry, Patriarchy and the Natural Order

The Corruptions of Feminism Part I: The Sexual Double Standard

“Unless she is selling sex, a woman will usually attempt to intertwine it with romance. The sex act will somehow be part of a romantic story, whether that story was fashioned long ago and now lives only in the recesses of her memory, or it is still sharply etched in her immediate perceptions. Nonetheless, feminists … Continue reading The Corruptions of Feminism Part I: The Sexual Double Standard