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- From: maufd@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr J S Graley)
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- Subject: Re: Practise what you preach? (was:what is sexist?)
- Date: 17 Nov 1992 13:35:34 -0000
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- In article <1992Nov16.232907.27055@wam.umd.edu> sfjr@wam.umd.edu (Steve Russell) writes:
- >:a
- ho hum
-
- >I have my problem with some particular feminists and I have problems with
- >some particular feminists doctrines. However, I think it is important
- >to realise that feminists are indviduals like members of any other group
- >who believe a wide variety of things. I think this post is a good example
- >of how some people operate on the implicit assumption that feminists
- >are a monolithic group mind with a single ideology. Many of the arguments
- >/complaints seem to be of the form " Feminist X once said this to me, now
- >you, Feminist Y say/do the contrary.....you are a hyprocrite or you are
- >to blamed for my anger at X's comment"
- >
- I have addressed this subject in a previous article. The thing is although
- feminist X may, for example, say (s)he is willing to tolerate male habit A,
- feminist Y may be protesting vigourously against it.
-
- Now feminist Y runs the risk of being flamed, laughed at etc etc for his/her
- intolerance, but nevertheless is bound to succeed to a greater or lesser
- degree in getting habit A reduced or stopped. Thus 'moderate' feminist X
- gains as a consequence of the actions of extreme feminist Y.
-
- In trying to make sense of this 'jungle' of interrelated effects, I have
- concluded that there must be a 'basic' definition of feminism, onto which
- any feminist can add his/her personal perspective. Furthermore, the rejection
- of 'condescending terms of endearment' is something I take to be part of
- this 'basic' definition, and if someone is _willing_ to claim to be a feminist
- then they should be _willing_ to accept and abide by its own rules.
-
- >Steve R
- >
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