First Wave Feminism: 1830s-early 1900s; Women's fight for equal contract and property rights, and essentially the right to vote

Second Wave Feminism:1960s-1980s; Focused on the workplace, sexuality, family and reproductive rights

Third Wave Feminism:1990s-present; Micro-politics of gender equality

Crazy, isn't it, to see how much the topic of FEMINISM has changed? Women have acquired the right to vote, we work alongside men in dangerous and everyday jobs, and we are paid more now than we were when this shindig first began.

Those are all crucially important things and I am so ecstatic women have progressed this much, but I am not a feminist.

When I think of a feminist, I think of the ones I see in the media -- the ones who are in fact very radical, the ones who are liberal, and the ones who will do anything to belittle a man just to make them feel better.

Does it help you sleep better at night to talk down to a man and tell him how worthless he is, or tell him that you are better at everything than he is, and so on and so forth? If the roles were reversed, things would be so much different. So, why say anything at all?

I am a Conservative woman and I am by no means a feminist. However, I believe in women's rights but not to an extreme degree, like choosing what to do with our bodies. I am for limited government, but I am also pro-choice. And instead of raising a protest sign, I would rather raise a family. Family values and family dynamics are important to me. If you want to be a stay-at-home mom, then do it.

That doesn't make you any less of a woman. If you want to work and provide for your family just like your husband or significant other or partner does, then do that too. No one is telling you how you should live your life. You make the choices you desire and if it upsets or disappoints someone, then they were never a good person to have in your life to begin with.

"Women give birth without men." Wrong. You do, in fact, give birth WITH men. How else was that little human inside of you created? By a magical potion someone sold to you? No. While men have no active role in childbirth itself, they are still very much a part of it. When a woman is with a man she loves, and he truly loves her back, then he will stick by her through everything -- even if that means a miscarriage, or even an abortion. The man may not experience the physical and excruciating pain that you do, but he feels the emotional pain and that is just as excruciating.

"This Is Us -- It Happened to Me, Too"

"You don't have to be anti-man to be pro-woman." Part of me feels like this is a misconception. Many feminists claim they're not "man-haters" but it honestly seems like they are. They say they are for equality and equal rights, but the moment a MAN says or does something wrong or something they don't like, the feminist immediately shuts him down, and as I said before, essentially belittles him to nothing. You want equality, right? Then prove it.

"The future is female." Damn straight, it is. But the future can also involve women who are politically active, believe in rights for women, and still not be feminists.

Don't force your perfect lil feminist ideas down our throats because those of us who are women and not feminists are tired of hearing them, we're tired of seeing them plastered everywhere in the media, and quite frankly, we are tired of the feminists who shame us for not being feminists ourselves.

I am not a feminist and I am proud of where I stand. If belittling me will make you feel better, then does that really make you a feminist?