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     evogabulary«.,...k1u§t.what‘ -.  
     
     constitutes a feminist? _ 
     
     What does the word feninism 
     
     mean? Beninism is basically 
     
     a set of principles which 
     
     embrace the industrial, 
     
     political, social, mental 
     
     and sexual_equality of' 
     
     vmnen with men. A feminist 
     
     is an individual who 
     
     advocates those principles 
     
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     feminism hold the mistaken 
     
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     fiery faces of feminism which 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Feminists are not just 
     
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     each new individual who 
     
     joins the fight, the move- 
     
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     march for liberation moves 
     
     steadily onward. The im— 
     
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     feminists who are fighting 
     
     to gain equal rights through 
     
     established legal and 
     
     governmental channels (such 
     
     as the National Organization 
     
     for WCmen and Status of 
     
     Women Canada). There are 
     
     feminist psychologists, 
     
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     to raise women's own 
     
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     A FEMINIST' S PERSPECTIVE 
     
    
   
   
    
     the USA and Canada — to 
     
     give women that status 
     
     which they were wrongly 
     
     excluded frtnu. 
     
    

    
     Some feminists choose 
     
     to pursue a career, be it 
     
     in business, politics, 
     
     education, or whatever, 
     
    
   
   
    
     ,while others choose to be 
     
    
   
   
    
     homemakers and enjoy their 
     
     work (and it is work), 
     
    

    
     but want it to be recog— 
     
     nized as one of the many 
     
     choices that a woman 
     
    

    
     can make for herself and 
     
     not as the only position 
     
     vmneh are fit for, are 
     
     capable of, or were cre— 
     
     ated for. Black feminists 
     
     fight a two—fold battle 
     
     against the combined 
     
     forces of racial and 
     
     sexist discrimination. 
     
     (The contemporary Women's 
     
     Liberation Movement grew out 
     
     of the civil rights move— 
     
     ment of the 1960's and 
     
     early 1970's)r 
     
    

    
     Women (and men) from 
     
     all walks of life are 
     
     joining the fight for 
     
     liberation and equality 
     
     of women in all aspects 
     
     of society. Some are 
     
     middle class, some are 
     
     lower middle class, and 
     
     many are poor (poor women 
     
     must also fight dual— 
     
     discrimenation resulting 
     
     from their sex and their 
     
     low economic status). 
     
    

    
     Some are married, some are 
     
     not and some don't want to 
     
     be. Some have children, 
     
     some do not and some don't 
     
     want any. 
     
    

    
     There are many more faces 
     
     which I do not have room to 
     
     mention. But as you can 
     
     see, it is by no means a 
     
     single concept or a single 
     
     type of individual WhO’iS 
     
     a feminist. There are many 
     
     different individuals and 
     
     groups who advocate numerous 
     
     methods of working to es— 
     
     tablish women's equality. 
     
     There is no one single 
     
     road to any of the ends. 
     
     And next week I will be 
     
     talking about some of those 
     
     major issues of the 
     
     feminist nrnnanent.