engendering equality

[MadrasT]

3. Thank you for giving me something to think about

This article is really interesting to me.

I actively struggle *against* the idea of a "common sisterhood"... the idea that somehow I am supposed to be "connected" to all women? And in my head, I am like... "But why? Just because we all have vaginas?"

The whole idea of any kind of "women's groups" makes me cringe. I have never connected strongly with my gender (though I identify as female), and it confuses me sometimes.

I am wondering if maybe I have this problem to some degree:

So it seems that women, just as other oppressed groups, often perpetuate the same prejudicial thoughts or behavior that they’ve experienced in a way to separate themselves from the oppressed group and be accepted as part of the positive majority. Competition is formed in order to be ingratiated to those in positions of power or those seen as possessing positive characteristics.

I think I spent a lot of time in the past trying be "be like men" because of this. I finally got tired of it and decided that it is OK to be a woman... but I feel really disconnected from other women.