If Chudi sleeps with another woman and you forgive him, would the same be true if you slept with another man? If the answer is yes then your choosing to forgive him can be a feminist choice because it is not shaped by a gender inequality. But I think staying can also be a feminist choice, depending on the context. The second tool is a question: can you reverse X and get the same results?įor example: many people believe that a woman’s feminist response to a husband’s infidelity should be to leave. Not ‘if only.’ Not ‘as long as.’ I matter equally. What is your premise? Your feminist premise should be: I matter. The first is your premise, the solid unbending belief that you start off with. I don’t have a set-in-stone rule the closest I have to a formula are my two ‘Feminist Tools’ and I want to share them with you as a starting point. And I understand what you mean by not always knowing what the feminist response to situations should be. Please know that I take your charge – how to raise her feminist – very seriously. You know how I get foolishly emotional sometimes. Only a day old and she already looks curious about the world. On her official Facebook page, Chimamanda gives a series of fifteen suggestions and commandments that every parent needs to raise a little feminist. Days after Chimamanda Adichie revealed in a publication that her feminism varies from Beyoncé’s, she has written a ‘Feminist Manifesto’ on how to Raise a Child.
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