Where Did It All Begin? and How Did It Get To This Place

People call me a feminist, and with that comes all the stereotypes and stigmas with it. Even though none of those fit, and they have all the wrong pieces to this puzzle, I accept this title, as a new feminist leader, with great pride and honor, that could possibly change the focus of what the purpose of feminismtruly is all about. After all we are NOT all man haters or bashers, we are not all lesbians who at one time were heterosexual and crossed over to the other side because one man treated us bad. Where these stereotypes come from, are from those who have hatred in their heart towards a certain race, and/or group, and don't want to be alone in their hater world. I mean come on, who really wants to be the only person standing alone on a single issue? It is so much easier to rally against an entire group when you have someone whose got your back. However, when you rally for the wrong reasons, you create alts against those who may be able to help you. This brings me to my final project. When looking at the issue of domestic violence...when did all the protests and awareness begin. This is what I am searching for.

I want to find compare how feminism was in the 1950's to how feminism is in the present time. I will begin to research and find statistics on femenism back then, who was protesting and the activists in the past days. Who are the activists of the present time? When did the awareness begin and what caused society to advocate for those women who were being beaten? How did domestic violence switch from focusing on the physical abuse to being more aware on the emotional aspects of domestic violence? By doing this I will not only be able to make sense of this issue to myself, but to other women who don't understand why women stay in violent relationships whether it be physical or emotional. I will target all women of a community and I picture this turning into a women's conference, perhaps a women's luncheon. I want to allow all women to have a general over view that domestic violence is more than just men beating the crap out them and that it goes beyond the physical. That I could have a room of twenty women and only seven of those women would have endured physical abuse but that ALL of those women would have encountered the emotional trauma of domestic violence,; some have even suffered P.T.S.D. (post traumatic stress disorder). I am hoping that this will not only bring awareness to what true domestic violence is, but will bring all women together to advocate for one another. No matter what the situation, no matter what their class status, stature, race, gender, or ethnicity; that we as women can come together, and acknowledge our oppression that was forced upon us in the past times. Let us look at the African American race. No matter what, they stick together through out everything. The older generations help the younger generations understand their history of how they came to grow and become as one to fight for not only their freedom, but their integrity and dignity as human beings; because after all it all begins with the youth because they are our future advocates. That they were more than just slaves, that through all their trials and tribulations they made it through the tough times together. That all the fighting and all the riots never amount to anything but that their faith is what got them through. Now is racism completely vanished and disappeared? No, but we as society and Americans have come so far to eliminate racism and acknowledge that no matter what your race the only race that matters is the human race. I believe that we as women can come together and do the same. One status is not better than the other. What we need to do is help those who don't understand why certain women act, dress, and present themselves the way they do, and teach them to become women of virtue. Instead we cast them aside and let them figure out on their own, only to repeat the same insanity of making the same mistakes over and over again, and never getting anywhere. If one woman can reach thousands, imagine how many a billion can reach. Eventually we, as women, can come together and create awareness that we are more than just a housekeeper, a nanny, a taxi driver; that we can then come together as a community, men and women, to put an end to not only domestic violence but oppression.

Using the "Goodwife's Guide" as a guideline to creating a new updated version of the Goodwife's Guide of the new century. Since it was 1950 that it was originally written, I think that it is finally time to revise and create one that is politically correct for this day and age. One that will satisfy all walks of human life. It may not create totally and complete unification, there will always be someone who will go outside of the boundaries to create havoc, but at least we can attempt to create awareness and an environment for women to come together and become one accord.