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The Tough Judge Judy Explains Why She's Not A Feminist
By: HelloKitty Date: May 27, 2018, 7:30 am
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The Tough Judge Judy Explains Why She's Not A Feminist
"I think it takes away from your own self-worth"
Judge Judy Sheindlin and Megyn Kelly on Tuesday, May 22, 2018
NBC / Contributor / Getty Images
ByPAUL BOIS
@PAULBOIS39
May 25, 2018
If a feminist like Gloria Steinem or Cecile Richards were to
ever find themselves in front of the bench of Judge Judy, the
tough, no-nonsense gavel-pounder would send them into the arms
of the nearest bailiff crying. Despite her tough edge, however,
Judge Judy does not include herself among the ranks of modern
feminists. Like Mary Tyler Moore, another strong woman, Judge
Judy rejects the feminist label.
Speaking with Megyn Kelly earlier this week, Judge Judy
Sheindlin refused to label herself a feminist for a variety of
reasons, most especially because it diminishes the individual.
"When I was growing up and going to school and being a lawyer
and trying to become a judge and becoming a judge and then
becoming a supervising judge, I didn’t do it through any
organization," she said. "I think it takes away from your own
self-worth, if you say 'I did it based on the work of a larger
group.'"
Judge Judy said it would be like having the "safety net" of a
"large family," which she admits is nice, but it reduces the
agency of the individual.
"It’s nice to have a safety net," she added, "But if you don’t
have your own self-worth, and forge for yourself, that safety
net, all it can do is give you the bottom. That’s what makes me
say I’m really not a feminist."
Judge Judy opted to describe herself, instead, as an
"individualist."
"I think that individuals each have within themselves the
capacity to be the hero of their own story," she said. "It
doesn’t always have to be a star of a television program to be
the hero of your own story. You want be a doctor, a lawyer, an
Indian chief. Whatever you want to be, you can be the best at
it, be the most recognized in that profession."
Judge Judy urged people to be great wherever they find
themselves: parent, son, daughter, wife, or husband.
"Be a great family person, be a great parent, be a great child,
be a great citizen, be a great volunteer," she added. "That can
make you a hero. That doesn’t take a village. That takes an
individual spirit."
"I think everybody has it in within themselves to do that," she
concluded.
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Re: The Tough Judge Judy Explains Why She's Not A Feminist
By: guest700 Date: June 1, 2018, 6:50 pm
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She's just doing the old dance around to explain why she doesn't
support women and women's issues. She didn't need the women's
right movement to get where she was today, she says. She has
the history of feminists fighting for women's rights behind her
that allowed her to get to where she is today. She's being
disingenuous and an embarrassment to her gender. She needs to
sit down.
#Post#: 11166--------------------------------------------------
Re: The Tough Judge Judy Explains Why She's Not A Feminist
By: ILive4This Date: June 1, 2018, 7:03 pm
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I agree with this, and would like to add that I highly doubt
Judge Judy could bring Steinem or Richards to tears. They've
dealt with tougher stuff than her.
[quote author=PinkButterfly66 link=topic=560.msg11159#msg11159
date=1527897013]
She's just doing the old dance around to explain why she doesn't
support women and women's issues. She didn't need the women's
right movement to get where she was today, she says. She has
the history of feminists fighting for women's rights behind her
that allowed her to get to where she is today. She's being
disingenuous and an embarrassment to her gender. She needs to
sit down.
[/quote]
#Post#: 11186--------------------------------------------------
Re: The Tough Judge Judy Explains Why She's Not A Feminist
By: handy0318 Date: June 1, 2018, 8:21 pm
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Sheindlin got her law degree back before the women's movement,
at least the modern women's movement (which she was referring
to) really got started. She was working as a prosecutor in the
NY family court system in 1972, about the same time the national
women's movement began to get some steam but before they could
be counted as the one's gaining the rights for women...that
wouldn't happen for about another decade yet. By then, Sheindlin
was already a judge.
I don't find her an embarrassment to our gender at all. I have a
lot of respect for her and I think what she said about not
labeling oneself and individualism is worth thinking about.
[quote author=PinkButterfly66 link=topic=560.msg11159#msg11159
date=1527897013]
She's just doing the old dance around to explain why she doesn't
support women and women's issues. She didn't need the women's
right movement to get where she was today, she says. She has
the history of feminists fighting for women's rights behind her
that allowed her to get to where she is today. She's being
disingenuous and an embarrassment to her gender. She needs to
sit down.
[/quote]
#Post#: 11192--------------------------------------------------
Re: The Tough Judge Judy Explains Why She's Not A Feminist
By: PiscesFishy Date: June 1, 2018, 8:37 pm
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[quote author=ILive4This link=topic=560.msg11166#msg11166
date=1527897820]
I agree with this, and would like to add that I highly doubt
Judge Judy could bring Steinem or Richards to tears. They've
dealt with tougher stuff than her.
[quote author=PinkButterfly66 link=topic=560.msg11159#msg11159
date=1527897013]
She's just doing the old dance around to explain why she doesn't
support women and women's issues. She didn't need the women's
right movement to get where she was today, she says. She has
the history of feminists fighting for women's rights behind her
that allowed her to get to where she is today. She's being
disingenuous and an embarrassment to her gender. She needs to
sit down.
[/quote]
[/quote]
Right?
I highly doubt a tv judge would break them.
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Re: The Tough Judge Judy Explains Why She's Not A Feminist
By: saphira1207 Date: June 1, 2018, 9:54 pm
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The national women's movement? You mean the one that got us the
right to vote in 1919? Or the one that got us the right to have
credit cards and bank accounts in our name in the 1960s? Or the
one that got us the right to determine what will happen with out
bodies in the 1970's? OH, and lets not forget that women weren't
allowed to be lawyers or doctors until the 1950's I think it
was...? And even then there was still a HUGE stigma and up hill
battle that had to be fought to be even be in the college, let
alone get the teachers to give fair grades!
All of those were before and during her time in college and
becoming a judge, so she was a direct beneficiary of the
national women's' movement. What's been going on since is just
another chapter in a long, looooong story.
[quote author=handy0318 link=topic=560.msg11186#msg11186
date=1527902510]
Sheindlin got her law degree back before the women's movement,
at least the modern women's movement (which she was referring
to) really got started. She was working as a prosecutor in the
NY family court system in 1972, about the same time the national
women's movement began to get some steam but before they could
be counted as the one's gaining the rights for women...that
wouldn't happen for about another decade yet. By then, Sheindlin
was already a judge.
I don't find her an embarrassment to our gender at all. I have a
lot of respect for her and I think what she said about not
labeling oneself and individualism is worth thinking about.
[quote author=PinkButterfly66 link=topic=560.msg11159#msg11159
date=1527897013]
She's just doing the old dance around to explain why she doesn't
support women and women's issues. She didn't need the women's
right movement to get where she was today, she says. She has
the history of feminists fighting for women's rights behind her
that allowed her to get to where she is today. She's being
disingenuous and an embarrassment to her gender. She needs to
sit down.
[/quote]
[/quote]
#Post#: 12387--------------------------------------------------
Re: The Tough Judge Judy Explains Why She's Not A Feminist
By: guest700 Date: June 4, 2018, 2:16 pm
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[quote author=handy0318 link=topic=560.msg11186#msg11186
date=1527902510]
Sheindlin got her law degree back before the women's movement,
at least the modern women's movement (which she was referring
to) really got started. She was working as a prosecutor in the
NY family court system in 1972, about the same time the national
women's movement began to get some steam but before they could
be counted as the one's gaining the rights for women...that
wouldn't happen for about another decade yet. By then, Sheindlin
was already a judge.
I don't find her an embarrassment to our gender at all. I have a
lot of respect for her and I think what she said about not
labeling oneself and individualism is worth thinking about.
[quote author=PinkButterfly66 link=topic=560.msg11159#msg11159
date=1527897013]
She's just doing the old dance around to explain why she doesn't
support women and women's issues. She didn't need the women's
right movement to get where she was today, she says. She has
the history of feminists fighting for women's rights behind her
that allowed her to get to where she is today. She's being
disingenuous and an embarrassment to her gender. She needs to
sit down.
[/quote]
[/quote]
The woman's movement started back with the suffragettes and
Margaret Sanger with birth control for woman. That was in the
early 1900s. And there were women BEFORE the 70s that were
fighting for places in Universities in male dominated fields
like medicine, science and engineering back before world war 2
when women were able to occupy male positions for the first time
in real numbers. Like I said, Judy needs to set the fuck down.
#Post#: 25833--------------------------------------------------
Re: The Tough Judge Judy Explains Why She's Not A Feminist
By: Brainysmurf Date: August 20, 2018, 2:58 pm
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It's hard to take her seriously, at least once you've seen her
rants on a wide assortment of subjects. She can label herself
'Queen of the Ballerinas' for all I care, if she doesn't want to
use 'Feminist' it only speaks to her, not others.
#Post#: 26349--------------------------------------------------
Re: The Tough Judge Judy Explains Why She's Not A Feminist
By: BJ Date: August 23, 2018, 4:18 pm
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[quote author=PinkButterfly66 link=topic=560.msg12387#msg12387
date=1528139797]
[quote author=handy0318 link=topic=560.msg11186#msg11186
date=1527902510]
Sheindlin got her law degree back before the women's movement,
at least the modern women's movement (which she was referring
to) really got started. She was working as a prosecutor in the
NY family court system in 1972, about the same time the national
women's movement began to get some steam but before they could
be counted as the one's gaining the rights for women...that
wouldn't happen for about another decade yet. By then, Sheindlin
was already a judge.
I don't find her an embarrassment to our gender at all. I have a
lot of respect for her and I think what she said about not
labeling oneself and individualism is worth thinking about.
[quote author=PinkButterfly66 link=topic=560.msg11159#msg11159
date=1527897013]
She's just doing the old dance around to explain why she doesn't
support women and women's issues. She didn't need the women's
right movement to get where she was today, she says. She has
the history of feminists fighting for women's rights behind her
that allowed her to get to where she is today. She's being
disingenuous and an embarrassment to her gender. She needs to
sit down.
[/quote]
[/quote]
The woman's movement started back with the suffragettes and
Margaret Sanger with birth control for woman. That was in the
early 1900s. And there were women BEFORE the 70s that were
fighting for places in Universities in male dominated fields
like medicine, science and engineering back before world war 2
when women were able to occupy male positions for the first time
in real numbers. Like I said, Judy needs to set the fuck down.
[/quote]
You are thinking of Hitler and the Eugenics Movement.
#Post#: 26755--------------------------------------------------
Re: The Tough Judge Judy Explains Why She's Not A Feminist
By: Highpockets Date: August 27, 2018, 5:36 pm
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It takes something away from your self-worth to believe men and
women should have equality in every area of life?
OK then....
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