Monday, February 06, 2006
the mystique lives on
I read yesterday about Betty Friedan's passing on Saturday, her 85th birthday.
Friedan was one of the mothers of the modern second-wave feminist movement, the author of "The Feminine Mystique" and founder of the National Organization for Women.
The irony was not lost on me. Betty Friedan died the same day that a cast of seven women talked about vaginas to a sold-out crowd of women and men in the Fox Tucson Theatre.
If it wasn't for Friedan and her sisters agitating for equality half a century ago, we would not have had the freedom to spread our message about violence against women on Saturday.
It makes the award I received on Saturday, the first ever V-Day Tucson Vagina Spirit Award, all the more meaningful. I share it in Betty Friedan's memory with all the other men working to end violence against women and girls.
Friedan was one of the mothers of the modern second-wave feminist movement, the author of "The Feminine Mystique" and founder of the National Organization for Women.
The irony was not lost on me. Betty Friedan died the same day that a cast of seven women talked about vaginas to a sold-out crowd of women and men in the Fox Tucson Theatre.
If it wasn't for Friedan and her sisters agitating for equality half a century ago, we would not have had the freedom to spread our message about violence against women on Saturday.
It makes the award I received on Saturday, the first ever V-Day Tucson Vagina Spirit Award, all the more meaningful. I share it in Betty Friedan's memory with all the other men working to end violence against women and girls.
