In class we were asked how we felt people would have initially reacted to Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton's "Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions". I believe Pat Robertson summed it up best when he was quoted as saying "The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians." No, not really. Just kidding.

I don't actually believe all people felt the same way about the feminist movement as Pat Robertson does. But he does present an interesting viewpoint (no matter how extreme it may be) towards the feminist movement. While Feminism has changed a lot in the way our society operates, no where is this more apparent than in the way the current family is set up. The notion of the family dynamic has turned away from the original mom and dad and kids. While Pat Robertson addresses many issues (in many illogical ways) what sticks out from his quote is the part about feminism being an "anti-family political movement". While the family has changed definitions thanks to the feminist movement's agenda, I would not call the movement anti-family. Instead I would refer to it as a "new family", because since the feminist movement we have woman in the workplace, more single-parent households, and homosexual families. The feminist movement did more than give women a voice, it has empowered other movements to step forward, and demand equal rights.