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"The very old certainly do not go back on lunch remains but they do bite back at old conversational topics."
Ama Ata AidooWell I think it is because first of all, they assume that feminism is — Ama Ata Aidoo
"Well I think it is because first of all, they assume that feminism is equal to lesbianism, which it is not. Feminism is an ideological orientation, a perspective on the world and life. The other is a sexual orientation, and the two shouldn’t conflict as they belong to different spheres of human life. One is a mental state, and the other is sexual. In a paper that I worked on in the 80s, entitled African women at century’s end, I stated that everybody should be a feminist, including men. Feminism is not an ‘ism’ that belongs to women only, but a way of looking at the world. It insists that young women in this life should be given the best possible facilities for our development, health, well-being and employment, so that when we become old we can be catered for like old men are."
Ama Ata Aidoo
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Ama Ata Aidoo was a Ghanaian author, poet, playwright, politician, and academic. She was the Secretary for Education in Ghana from 1982 to 1983 under Jerry Rawlings's PNDC administration.
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