The argument.

This evening, I was involved in what seemed outwardly to be a part-comical 'debate' with a man about whether or not women have acheived any equality, or whether I personally care or have done enough about women's rights, or something like that, or all of that.

The point is, I didn't enjoy it one single bit, for a lot of reasons. I am not a verbal debater. I can form and argument in writing, although often not for or against subjects such as this; I am terrible at vocalizing my views. To add to this, I did not have enough knowledge to back myself up. In short, it was a distressing experience where there should have been none, for the basic reason that I dislike confrontation.

Is there anything inherently wrong with being placid, mild and quiet? It is the way I have lived most of my life, and while I fear there is some pressure to suddenly become "millitant" (a word used endlessly, as an instruction for how I should be), I do not want to fall under it. Just because there is a belief that I should feel a certain way about a certain thing, and express this feeling in a prescribed way, it does not mean that I must do so. And I won't.