Feminism - Mary Daly

Feminism means Belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes. Not all woman who are feminist tent to be gay.Mary Daly was born in 1928.She has always been a philosopher for the people.She has Doctorates in theology and philosophy from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.Her intellectual curiosity and tenacity made it possible for her to be the first woman to receive the highest degree in Sacred Theology possible, and with highest honors. She remained in Fribourg to receive her third Ph.D. in Philosophy.She speaks publicly about her views, and she has received much controversy as a result.

Since the beginning of her career, she has been concerned with giving her readers and students tools with which to understand the nature of life. She enabled a wide variety of women and men to understand issues of sexism in ontological terms with her widely read Beyond God the Father. Her subsequent works have built upon, revised and expanded her interpretation of ultimate reality. Using metaphors and word-plays as devices to communicate her perspective, she teaches her position to her readers. Her genius is not only in her observations in things, but also in her methods of communication with other people.

Mary taught at Boston College for 33 years, before agreeing to retire as part of a lawsuit settlement with Boston College.Mary Daly is now, as she has always been, a controversial figure. Beyond being a feminist icon and she has also accomplishe many things from writing books, articles,and many lectures.This feministiconhas provoked strong reactions of both love and hate for her outspoken views. She has been accused of sexism and discrimination of all males.Daly was such a strong

feminist that refused to admit male students to her classes at Boston College,which provoked repeated reprimands from the University and accusations she was violating both university policy requirements. The confrontations came to a head in 1998, when she refused to admit two male students into a class she was teaching. Boston College confronted her and demanded she admit the students. Daly announced that instead she would retire, effective January 1999, rather than admit the students. She changed her mind, however, and brought a lawsuit against the college in May 1999, saying that they had violated her rights as a tenured professor. As the case was about to go to trial in early 2001, Daly and Boston College reached an out-of-court settlement, in which she again agreed to retire.

Daly has committed her every waking breath to a single purpose which is seeing, naming and dissecting the structures of patriarchy in order to liberate women's minds, bodies and spirits from its oppression.For Mary Daly is still, at age she is now, will not rest until the world as we know it is turned upside down. As she writes in her philosophical autobiography, "There are and will be those who think I have gone overboard. Let them rest assured that this assessment is correct, probably beyond their wildest imaginations, and that I will continue to do so."

In "The Wife of Bath's Tale" Mary would have just be upset,disgrace and discusted,I was, for the simple reason that this was a man that raped a girl that was virgin. A pure girl who might be dramatized and would never get respect or ever