Like most other sane people, I agree with the basic ideas of feminism. Equal pay for equal work, freedom of choice, ending violence against women ,etc. I have never been much of an activist because I am a working class woman with limited time. Still, I respected and admired those who were fighting for our rights. Recently, I decided to find out more about feminist activism so I started doing research on the Internet and I came across a woman named Mary Daly. I'm sure you know who she is, but I didn't. From what I understand, she is a highly respected radical feminist and former college professor who was forced to retire under questionable circumstances.

What I read was an interview she did with a magazine called Enlightenment. In it, she spoke with so much utter contempt of men that I could almost feel her anger. She also spoke of her dream of an entirely female Utopia in which procreation is done through some sort of synthetic process.

Is that viewpoint representative of mainstream feminism? If it is then I'm sorely disappointed and disheartened and maybe I'm not as much of a feminist as I thought. I have many men in my life and I feel they add to my life experience.