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I've been thinking about this one for a little while--

I have a suite-mate who sort of hates the feminist movement, because she feels like the idea that women should be off their feet and working just like men makes her dream -- of marrying and staying at home -- invalid and dishonorable.  Sure, she said, women deserve equal pay for equal work and should never be discriminated against-- of course!  And she said she is all for women achieving great things --b ut she didn't want to be judged in voicing her desire for, or carrying out, a traditional gender role with a future husband. When she explained this to me, I said I thought that feminism was really about being able to pursue your goals as a woman, whether they be inside or outside the house, in the same way that men are able to pursue theirs.

 This quote from Bryn Mawr's president -- "only our failures marry" sort of threw me through a loop, then.  Is it feminist to say that women who only marry aren't feminists if it's really, truly, what they feel most content doing?