I ran across this quote from a speech given by Jane Fonda. It is amazing that with all the things she has accomplished in the world, she still felt as if she would not exist without an Other. Before I turned sixty I thought I was a feminist. I was in a way–I worked to register women to vote, I supported women getting elected. I brought gender issues into my movie roles, I encouraged women to get strong and healthy, I read the books we’ve all read. I had it in my head and partly in my heart, yet I didn’t fully get it. See, although I’ve always been financially independent, and professionally and socially successful, behind the closed doors of my personal life I was still turning myself into a pretzel so I’d be loved by an alpha male. I thought if I didn’t become whatever he wanted me to be, I’d be alone, and then, I wouldn’t exist.
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 21:00:00 +0000
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