I don't believe they "actively" opposed the nazi's they just have to remain politically neutral. This means refusing to say hail Hitler would have gotten them locked up.
Judge Rutherford also wrote a letter sucking up to Hitler.
Sometimes it does. Plenty leave as plenty stay.
They believe the Watchtower is the faithful and discreet slave outlined in the new testament so for some it will take much more for them to become suspicious.
In the organisation to say the Watchtower is wrong is almost like saying God himself is...
Also I wasn't even talking about why individual women may feel like they like it or feel like they don't. I was addressing the question of why I think it's a social expectation.
I don't personally see how it's helping the liberation of women and girls to say "not EVERY single time someone does something..." "when you get older you may learn to like it, some women do."
And I actually think it's more self serving and about avoiding personal discomfort with what is being...
"Some people" shouldn't transfer into expectation and shame. It's useful it to explore reasoning as to why certain differences are being accentuated and why those differences are deemed more attractive.
Yeah I thought I started to remove my hair at age 14 because I wanted to...in actual fact I wanted to because that was the norm. Did I want to be singled out? No of course not. I was socialised into femininity and knew well enough the comments and stares I would get if I didn't conform. Let's...
It's only because my dad grew up as a JW and my mum studied with them at certain points and I did too briefly at 2 points in my life that I have a particular stick up my a*se about the organisation but trust me there are other religious groups who heavily regulate media and even more so.
The Watchtower have always regulated what their followers could watch, read or the people they can engage with. This is not surprising or new in the least and is not unique to JWs.
I think it's less about making women look exactly like a child and more about making them appear childlike or fragile in comparison to men.
I also think armless dresses has a role to play. Probably as they became more common place so did removing armpit hair.
Although armless t-shirts and shorts...
@Curious George I think there are a few things going on here. Consumerism being one of them - making people feel inadequate so they will buy products they do not need.
The fact that women are expected to remove body hair in contrast with men and body hair is a sign of maturity suggests there...
I don't shave my armpits either, even for summer. I started to wax them when I was 14 years old and can't remember the last time I did.
I was going to go on a date with this guy who changed his mind when I told him I don't shave my armpits. He said he thinks he has a phobia, which is ridiculous...
And I'm also pro contraception. However unwanted pregnancies will still occur -FACT! And I believe in abortion on demand up to a certain point. 24-26 weeks is reasonable to me with restrictions after that.
In my opinion abortions are in fact awesome because it allows women the freedom to not be...
Unless you are new to the forum you're aware of this fact. Unfortunately CERTAIN people seem to enjoy derailing female centred threads in the feminist DIR for some reason? :/
I personally think abortion rights should also be presented in sex education classes. I was only presented with abortion in a religious education class and shown an anti-abortion video with no accurate medical information about abortion or even UK law.
@crossfire
Please do not imply by reference to female socialisation suggested that women can not make decision for themselves. Choices don't exist in a vacuum and I have personally known women who do not want to be pregnant but because they have very misguided information about abortion and...
I do think though, that more women would probably seriously consider their abortion rights if there wasn't social stigma around abortions and I think that is a good thing.
@Quintessence
In regards to social stigma, that abortion is generally a bad thing but a necessary evil. Not all, but many pro choicers take this stance, which I completely disagree with.
Unwanted pregnancies will never be avoided. Pro lifers will still hate women and pro-choicers will still play their part to contribute to social stigma.
How can we address the social stigma that pro choicers contribute to?