Week 7's entry
Feminism, is it relevant in today’s world? Hell yeah... though I think the most interesting thing I have heard when contemplating and discussing the feminist movement is that it is women, more so than men who are the main hinderers of the women’s liberation. One only has to listen to the discussion of women, both young and old, and only hear the over-use of the word slut and whore to see women are the most judgemental and selfish persons in relation to feminism. Mina Loy shows how to be strong women must not waver when the man shows interest in another woman, yet time and time again we see females blaming the other slut woman for their mans disloyalty and promiscuity.
For the liberation of women to finally be free, women must first unite, yet it seems their personal, subconscious animalistic desires to keep a healthy mate and fight off any others who come her way, are what stops the larger meta-processes from taking place. For women to call each other bitch slut and whore only in turn makes it easier for men. The male species does not seem to have this problem, sure there is jealousy and such, yet the male species for the past thousands of years seems to have been able to caste their emotional feelings aside, and only concern themselves with the progress of their states, countries and families, even when we hear stories of ancient times, we see is it the women who kenive, out of jealousy. Helen of troy starts a war between Greece and troy, yet as the battle unfolds and hundreds are killed, she decides she wishes to go back, to the winner, again what I see as this base desire to breed with the stronger man.
I think human emotion has overcome the actual physical need of pregnancy, we see this in the growing rate of homosexual relationships, yet I still feel the base desire of ALL humans is to find a fertile mate who... IF there was to be procreation, would be a good supplier for, and raiser of children.
This finally brings me to the part of Mina Loy's work that stood out to me the most, that a woman, and I feel a man or any human in any kind of relationship, should have to give nothing in return when in marriage, in return for her virginity... sorry that was badly worded, but this encouraged a thought in me. That in relationship, we should not have to produce, children, or money, or anything material, in return for affection and nurturing. I feel that in a relationship, when it is a right and healthy love between to humans, that the reward for offering your love, in only their love in return. A completely balanced exchange of care and empathy where your fall into a cyclic and mutual reward, of love to love. Your reward for smiling at your partner is their smile back at you.