Monday, September 22, 2008
Elizabeth I A feminist perspective
I think that Queen Elizabeth was definitely a feminist in her time, but I think she also tried to make men and women equal. Also I think about how after all the things that has been shown to her that men have done, it would be impressive if she totally forgave her father. For example, her father, king Henry VIII had Elizabeth's mother killed. So I think maybe some of that anger might have lead to her being a feminist. I think now we could probably still call her a feminist, but if she saw how much we have developed our society, she might be at least a little bit less of a feminist, but the feminist mind might still be in her.
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Ben, good point about her anger at her father maybe leading her to be a feminist. That said, I think we have to think about what it means to be a feminist -- just actions, or do there need to be thoughts behind the actions that are in line with the definition of "feminism."
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