http://www.evolvewomen.com EvolveWomen.com Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:51:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.evolvewomen.com/about/core-values/comment-page-1/#comment-7349 Barbara Wallace Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:51:14 +0000 http://www.evolvewomen.com/#comment-7349 Living these ten points enriches, challenges, changes life for women. Try them on for size! Living these ten points enriches, challenges, changes life for women. Try them on for size!

]]> http://www.evolvewomen.com/slutwalks-feeling-free-vs-being-free/comment-page-1/#comment-6916 Elizabeth Debold Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:03:05 +0000 http://www.evolvewomen.com/?p=663#comment-6916 Perfect, thanks! Perfect, thanks!

]]> http://www.evolvewomen.com/slutwalks-feeling-free-vs-being-free/comment-page-1/#comment-6914 junk Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:00:44 +0000 http://www.evolvewomen.com/?p=663#comment-6914 a friend of mine that turned me on to this article shared that pic with me; enjoy! very appropos, she stated lol very interesting article, thank you. :) a friend of mine that turned me on to this article shared that pic with me; enjoy! very appropos, she stated lol very interesting article, thank you.

]]> http://www.evolvewomen.com/slutwalks-feeling-free-vs-being-free/comment-page-1/#comment-6913 junk Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:18:44 +0000 http://www.evolvewomen.com/?p=663#comment-6913 http://www.zshare.net/image/979907831138f34c/ http://www.zshare.net/image/979907831138f34c/

]]> http://www.evolvewomen.com/slutwalks-feeling-free-vs-being-free/comment-page-1/#comment-6912 Elizabeth Debold Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:57:21 +0000 http://www.evolvewomen.com/?p=663#comment-6912 :-) Burkhas would have been funny--and the women could carry signs that say that even when women wear burkhas, rape is an issue. Thus raise awareness about what some of our sisters deal with. No, I don't think most women who wear burkhas find them oppressive--in a culture in which there are grave penalties for showing any part of a woman's body, it is a kind of protection. Plus there are religious reasons that give it honor. I think many women in burkhas feel sorry for Western women who are so indecently exposed and show such disrespect for themselves. Burkhas would have been funny–and the women could carry signs that say that even when women wear burkhas, rape is an issue. Thus raise awareness about what some of our sisters deal with. No, I don’t think most women who wear burkhas find them oppressive–in a culture in which there are grave penalties for showing any part of a woman’s body, it is a kind of protection. Plus there are religious reasons that give it honor. I think many women in burkhas feel sorry for Western women who are so indecently exposed and show such disrespect for themselves.

]]> http://www.evolvewomen.com/slutwalks-feeling-free-vs-being-free/comment-page-1/#comment-6909 JunK Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:40:50 +0000 http://www.evolvewomen.com/?p=663#comment-6909 but again we only PERCEIVE burkhas as oppressing. women who where them do not feel that way. it may have been more effective none the less and avoided the paradox, no? but again we only PERCEIVE burkhas as oppressing. women who where them do not feel that way. it may have been more effective none the less and avoided the paradox, no?

]]> http://www.evolvewomen.com/slutwalks-feeling-free-vs-being-free/comment-page-1/#comment-6908 JunK Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:10:09 +0000 http://www.evolvewomen.com/?p=663#comment-6908 i agree with you there. i guess what im saying is maybe they should have protested in burkahs instead of underwear. to show how oppressed they feel as opposed to simply flaunting their sexuality in everyones face. that wouldve fended off the paradox a little? i agree with you there. i guess what im saying is maybe they should have protested in burkahs instead of underwear. to show how oppressed they feel as opposed to simply flaunting their sexuality in everyones face. that wouldve fended off the paradox a little?

]]> http://www.evolvewomen.com/slutwalks-feeling-free-vs-being-free/comment-page-1/#comment-6907 Elizabeth Debold Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:03:43 +0000 http://www.evolvewomen.com/?p=663#comment-6907 But we're talking about assuming the oldest role that, if you will, "men" created!! (Although women are doing it to ourselves in the name of empowerment--the external mandate is now internalized as "who I am" and "how I express freedom.") There is an entirely different way to be--it has to do with dignity, profound self-respect, deep integrity, fierce embodiment, strength in all dimensions, and wholeness. Not looking at one's self from the outside in and conforming to what culture dictates as "hot." But we’re talking about assuming the oldest role that, if you will, “men” created!! (Although women are doing it to ourselves in the name of empowerment–the external mandate is now internalized as “who I am” and “how I express freedom.”) There is an entirely different way to be–it has to do with dignity, profound self-respect, deep integrity, fierce embodiment, strength in all dimensions, and wholeness. Not looking at one’s self from the outside in and conforming to what culture dictates as “hot.”

]]> http://www.evolvewomen.com/slutwalks-feeling-free-vs-being-free/comment-page-1/#comment-6906 JunK Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:51:48 +0000 http://www.evolvewomen.com/?p=663#comment-6906 no , within does not mean trotting around in your underwear, but it does mean ignoring the exact perception that you just so easily placed upon women just now. one is only hooked into any role by other people. if you woke up in the morning and thought 'im going to dress up really sexy today to flaunt what i am and boost my self confidence' youre doing it to empower yourself. if youre worried that someone might think youre a slut, then youre letting ignorant people change youre perception of yourself. the freedom lies in not letting what anyone might think about you change your daily life. ignore the playbook and just be yourself is basically what im saying :) i do see the paradox that youre getting at, but to me those 'roles' were all invented by men, so ignore them. no , within does not mean trotting around in your underwear, but it does mean ignoring the exact perception that you just so easily placed upon women just now. one is only hooked into any role by other people. if you woke up in the morning and thought ‘im going to dress up really sexy today to flaunt what i am and boost my self confidence’ youre doing it to empower yourself. if youre worried that someone might think youre a slut, then youre letting ignorant people change youre perception of yourself. the freedom lies in not letting what anyone might think about you change your daily life. ignore the playbook and just be yourself is basically what im saying i do see the paradox that youre getting at, but to me those ‘roles’ were all invented by men, so ignore them.

]]> http://www.evolvewomen.com/slutwalks-feeling-free-vs-being-free/comment-page-1/#comment-6905 Elizabeth Debold Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:08:03 +0000 http://www.evolvewomen.com/?p=663#comment-6905 Dharm? Enlighten me! And yes, liberation starts within. But does "within" mean trotting around in your underwear? I think you may be missing something that's happening in culture with young women...it's not really an inner empowerment, but a pomo cultural imperative to equate who you are with your sexuality. This is supposed to be freedom, but hooks women into the oldest roles in our historical play book. Dharm? Enlighten me! And yes, liberation starts within. But does “within” mean trotting around in your underwear? I think you may be missing something that’s happening in culture with young women…it’s not really an inner empowerment, but a pomo cultural imperative to equate who you are with your sexuality. This is supposed to be freedom, but hooks women into the oldest roles in our historical play book.

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