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History of Feminism

niyad

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3. paranoid anxieties of fearful anti-feminists. yeah, fearful that if women ever did become the

Reply to seabeyond (Original post)

Wed Feb 20, 2013, 11:47 AM

Feb 2013

dominant power, they would treat men the way men have treated women for thousands of years. interesting that every single one of their fears is based on exactly what the dominant power structure has been doing for millenia. hmmm, consciences bothering any of you fearful anti-feminists?

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Radical feminism: what it is and why we're afraid of it [View all] seabeyond Feb 2013 OP

Women "made" you explore this subject? Helen Reddy Feb 2013 #1

actually, seabeyond Feb 2013 #2

Yes mam. n/t Helen Reddy Feb 2013 #5

paranoid anxieties of fearful anti-feminists. yeah, fearful that if women ever did become the niyad Feb 2013 #3

kinda like having a black president. ya. you are right on. nt seabeyond Feb 2013 #6

Projection indeed! Helen Reddy Feb 2013 #8

do you think any of them noticed that the woman in the pic is indeed wearing makeup? niyad Feb 2013 #4

lol lol. making sense is not required, lol. something we forget time to time. seabeyond Feb 2013 #7

Make-up is okay. Helen Reddy Feb 2013 #9

bah hahahaha. tellin ya, that was funny. nt seabeyond Feb 2013 #10

Camouflage. redqueen Feb 2013 #11

you are funny. how do you think i tricked hubby into marrying me. lol seabeyond Feb 2013 #12

thank goodness I had just put down my coffee niyad Feb 2013 #14

you know, it just gets taken so far beyond reason, it becomes a hoot. nt seabeyond Feb 2013 #16

have you ever read "the rules"? niyad Feb 2013 #18

no. does that make us "ladies" or "manhaters" seabeyond Feb 2013 #19

it's a book that came out a few years ago, telling women how to behave so they could get niyad Feb 2013 #20

Then you get to be like one of those women interviewed for The Feminine Mystique... redqueen Feb 2013 #23

amazing the bill of goods women have been sold, isn't it? niyad Feb 2013 #24

if I remember correctly, phyllis chesler used to refer to it as war paint. niyad Feb 2013 #13

Yeah, that's a popular nickname. I like to call it lady drag. redqueen Feb 2013 #15

oh, I like that! alas, whatever we call it, I cannot employ it, having this unreasonable bias in niyad Feb 2013 #16

I like to throw it into lighthearted discussions among women. redqueen Feb 2013 #21

oh, I am most definitely stealing this niyad Feb 2013 #22

OMG MadrasT Feb 2013 #25

World domination Helen Reddy Feb 2013 #26

And this ismnotwasm Feb 2013 #27

My dream world. Truly. n/t MadrasT Feb 2013 #28