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- From: galt%peruvian.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Greg Alt)
- Subject: Re: Feminism vs. the Sexual Revolution (was: Are special programs sexist/racist? (long)
- Date: 21 Jan 93 16:48:49 MST
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.164850.29053@hellgate.utah.edu>
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- Organization: University of Utah Computer Science
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- In article <1993Jan21.202055.14608@netcom.com> sheaffer@netcom.com (Robert Sheaffer) writes:
- >Interesting, indeed! This is a consequence of the so-called "sexual revolution,"
- >the relaxation of long-standing sexual taboos. The mainstream of contemporary
- >feminism stands four-square AGAINST the sexual revolution; Robin Morgan
- >has stated this quite explicitly, as have others. You see, now that the
- >old sexual taboos are gone, women are now receiving (gasp!) SEXUAL ADVANCES
- >from men, which is more or less criminal. There is not the slightest doubt
- >that contemporary feminists are mostly working to make sex (actually,
- >just hetero sex) pretty much taboo once again, although not in the same way
- >as before. (Old taboo: "It's sinful! Licentious! Shameful!" New taboo:
- >"It's sexual harrassment and objectification!") Paglia covers the war
- >between feminism and the sexual revolution in her new book "Sex, Art, and
- >American Culture."
-
- It is UNWANTED sexual advances that are considered harrassment. I know it
- is hard for many men to understand why unwanted sexual advances might be
- bad, but imagine if your male boss patted your butt and greeted you with
- "aren't you handsome today" and kept saying that you looked like you had
- a delicious penis. How would that make you feel?
-
- Some gay men might like that sort of attention, but most heterosexual men
- would be very upset.
-
- Imagine that you were very lucky to get the job, and you need it desparately
- to support your family, and you think that you might get fired if you
- object to strongly to the advances.
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