I'll keep my breasts, thank you.

I find it perplexing that during a time of Feminism, in our work toward equality, so many women want to get rid of the category of "Woman."

Can’t we remain Woman and be respected by Man?  Isn’t that the point?  If rather than embrace Womanhood, we instead try to get rid of our Woman-ness, we’re defeating the whole purpose of feminism.

Can you tell I’ve been reading RADICAL feminist theorists the past few weeks?  I’m growing weary of their rants.  The radicals want to get rid of my sex!!! Out with “Woman” because apparently, in order for Woman to be equal to Man, the sexes have to be eliminated. 

Wait—what?  So if you eliminate sex—maleness and femaleness—you get equality? Woah, woah, woah. I don't think so, sisters.

I kind of want to pour some cold water on these women to wake them out of their trance and then introduce myself:

“Hello, I am Woman.  I have breasts and a vagina.  I am different than Man.  Thank you very much.  That is my simple rebuttal to your long, 30 page article filled with technical terms and philosophical poop droppings.  I have basic biology on my side here."   

But what these women don't seem to get is that Woman-ness encompasses worlds more than possessing basic physical characteristics.  There is so much more to being Woman beyond the obvious differences that physically set us apart from Man.  And that's the beauty of gender!! Our differences complete each other--both when we physically become one flesh during sex and when we spiritually become one in the uniting bond of marriage.

I wish all feminists understood this necessary unification of Male and Female. I think then they'd understand what it means to be Woman.  And a woman who understands what it is to be WOMAN does not want to get rid of her woman-ness.  Cause she loves her woman-ness :) 

We as women do need societal reforms to take place in order to see equality, but an elimination of gender is not only biologically IMPOSSIBLE--it's also completely pointless in both our work toward equality and our work as human beings.

Devaluing my nature as Woman does not serve me. Ever.

I'll keep my breasts, thank you.