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Feminists     While surfing the internet yesterday I came crosswise an article discussingwomen and their role in a changing society. The article, which was written byKarin Crosbie stated that although women have come a long way in the ambit ofwomens rights, there is still a long way to go. Crosbie stated that she is afeminist, and as a feminist it is her responsibility to see that action is takento nevertheless the cause of the women by any means necessary. She explains thatwomen should non have to prove anything to men by such means as shaving theirlegs, nor conform by covering up the natural self with makeup.     I agree with the overall concept she is trying to convey, I feel thatwomen do need to take action, and that not all opportunities are yet equal. Theproblem I have with her article is the image that she and other contemporaryactivists are coveying to the rest of society.     When I think of a feminist two pictu res come into mind. The first, whichmaybe a little outdated is a women give care Susan B. Anthony, someone fighting forreal issues that matter. The second is of a women like the author above, someonewho is extreme just to be extreme. To my disappointment it seems the later isbecoming more prevalent within society.     After reading the article I scrolled down the page to where it listed"more feminist links", the five that were given consisted of three lesbianrights pages, and two "neo-feminist pages". Thinking this must be only a smallpercentage of feminist pages which were given by this specific author, I wentback and searched many of the feminist pages on the web myself. To my unpleasantsurprise it dour out that almost all were expressive of the same extreme theme.     So what does the current view of feminists as a whole mean to society? Ifeel that the current view of feminists is detrimental to the womens movement.One rea son is that I feel the current views expressed by Crosbie are not only unprepossessing but in a way repulsive. Once women could be proud to say they werefeminists. Today it is some kind of extreme word that places you amongstradicals. This image could tip over away perspective activists who would be majorcontributors to the movement. Another reason is that the focus has become moreon trivial extremities then on real issues. No one cares if women shaves herlegs or not, and although it might be some kind of symbolic stand I feel it is a