A Call to Conservative Young Women

On Saturday, Geraldine Ferraro, known for being the first female to run for Vice President, died at age 75 from complications related to blood cancer. Her death is certainly sad. She will be remembered for her astounding contributions to women in politics. She was a great person and provided a strong foundation for other female politicians such as Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton.
That being said, Ferraro recognized the hypocrisy that Palin suffered at the hands of many feminists, being ridiculed for attempting to raise a family and be a politician at the same time, a right that “feminists” have been fighting for.

I put feminist in quotes, because I feel that the basis of feminism as that women have the ability to be equal to men in every respect while rearing their children or handling domestic duties in any way they see fit and in collaboration with their spouses or alone if they so desire.
So what makes Palin any different from this definition of a feminist? You guessed it: she is a conservative. In modern feminism, the aforementioned definition applies only to liberals, while conservative women are somehow not feminist. Go figure: a woman choosing to do something outside of the mainstream is not feminist according to the feminist mainstream.

Our lovely conservative ladies who are too scared to let themselves be heard for fear of disenfranchising themselves from the group need to hear this call and take example from Sarah Palin and Geraldine Ferraro: break from the mainstream and do what is right no matter what. Don’t let anyone hold you down. Be a real feminist, be strong, be independent, and do what you know in your heart is right.

Thanks for reading, and until next time,
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