It makes me wonder if the feminist movement hasn't done anything positive for women and if so, could anyone here name one thing that the feminists have done that have been positive for us women. I personally feel that as a female, it is okay that we and men have our differences. Women can have kids, yet men overall are physically stronger than women. Equal pay for equal work. I have always believed that if were to have equality, then we were to have proper, balanced, detailed information for why this should be so. By the way, how about just, fair, and respectful treatment? How about opening a door for a woman with the woman thanking the man for opening the door for her? What have some of the leftists and the feminists argued or said about those things?
Feminist movement ...
Voting rights
Ability to work in highly paid fields
Opportunity to be involved in politics and government
College/University acceptance
Empowered women to begin to resist sexual assault
Helped enable efforts to assist women worldwide
(education, prenatal care, etc.)
One might think that the Bible doesn't say anything about feminism (per se), but Genesis does declare that both men and women are made in the image of God.
Also, under the New Covenant, there is no distinction between male or female, Jew or Greek, rich or poor.
Certainly, the Bible uplifts many virtuous and influential women. Some of these are ...
Anna - aged prophetess who recognized the birth of Jesus as Messiah
Deborah - judge of Israel, who enabled Barak to lead Israel to victory over the Canaanites.
Dorcas/Tabitha - NT Christian ... was always doing good and helping the poor
Elisabeth - the mother of John the Baptist
Esther - Jewish Queen of Persia who risked her life to save her people
Eunice - the mother of NT Timothy, the student of Paul
Hannah - the mother of Samuel, the prophet
Lois - the grandmother of NT Timothy, the student of Paul
Lydia - early NT Christian convert at Philippi
Mary - the mother of Jesus
Mary/Martha - friends of Jesus
Mary Magdalene - devoted follower of Jesus
Miriam - the older sister of Moses who oversaw her brother's rescue from the basket in the river Nile
Phoebe - a NT deaconess
Priscilla - wife of Acquila and partner in NT teaching ministry
Rahab - Canaanite prostitute who hid the Hebrew spies in Jericho
Ruth - devoted daughter-in-law to widowed Naomi
Several of these woman are memorialized as hero(ines) of Faith in the book of Hebrews
Jesus certainly treated women as worthy followers. He spoke with and revealed Himself to the Samaritan woman at the well. He appeared first to Mary Magdalene after His resurrection. He forgave and rescued the woman caught in adultery from her accusers. He healed the woman with the issue of blood, Jarius' daughter, ... and the Canaanite woman's daughter.