Feminism- Equality? Yeah Right. Special Rights? Now that's more like it.

Our Literature teacher is a feminist. Her ideas are traditional ones and her aggressiveness over her ideas are traditional as well. Her mind, although sound and critical, is confused and shrouded in her close-mindedness to see reality- a reality where patriarchal views are still practiced.

While I respect her zeal in protecting the rights of the oppressed women, I fear that her goals are short-lived and unrealistic. She reminded me of the current occurrences that marked the reality of our world, nowadays. And although it is undeniable that women are abused or at the very least, discriminated against, most specially in Muslim and other religious countries, it is also undeniable that women are growing in power in their so called "call for equality."

But this call for equality lost its purpose. It lost sight of its future, deviating from its intended role to serve and help the oppressed, and entering into a dangerous arena of power hunger. It seeks not only to balance the concept of gender equality but it seeks to deviate and alienate society from the traditional patriarchal views to establish matriarchal ones.

And this is a dangerous and destructive move. For not only does it neglect the oppressed, but it promotes the cycle of hatred and lust for power. The established traditional views are being attacked. But it is not so for a reason of goodness but it is so for an indestructible cycle of hate and war. Who will break the chain? The future is yet to be ascertained.