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entanglement Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-31-05 03:51 AM
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24. Well, the key word in that definition is equality
Most people (minus fundies and freeps) agree with the idea of 'equality' in an abstract sense, but they may have a hard time agreeing about specifics. Part of the problem is that male and female experiences are generally quite different, and a rigid, 'equality' metric may be inadequate. Furthermore, the experiences of different GROUPS of women are drastically different from each other and IMHO this means either (1) only the experiences of a dominant group shapes 'the movement' (2) there is so much disagreement that the very existence of such a unified movement is doubtful.
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  -If you are a progressive, you are by definition a feminist. Zenlitened  Oct-29-05 11:26 PM   #0 
  - You say this like it's a bad thing. nt  marbuc   Oct-29-05 11:28 PM   #1 
  - and this comes as a surprise to anybody?  niyad   Oct-29-05 11:29 PM   #2 
  - It seeems we (collectively) forget to think in those terms sometimes  Zenlitened   Oct-29-05 11:43 PM   #5 
  - Cool!  mojavekid   Oct-29-05 11:40 PM   #3 
  - It is kind of a nice revelation, isn't it?  Zenlitened   Oct-29-05 11:53 PM   #6 
  - i would say that's a correct assumption. n/t  catmother   Oct-29-05 11:43 PM   #4 
  - ever read bell hooks?  phusion   Oct-30-05 01:01 AM   #7 
  - I agree!  Maat   Oct-30-05 01:06 AM   #8 
  - Cool with me.  Zhade   Oct-30-05 01:48 AM   #9 
  - 0K, So what do we call the man-hating folks?  Porcupine   Oct-30-05 11:17 AM   #10 
  - relax.  ulysses   Oct-30-05 11:22 AM   #11 
     - Nice, uly!  Bunny   Oct-30-05 11:25 AM   #12 
     - he's doing very well, thanks!  ulysses   Oct-30-05 11:27 AM   #13 
     - Yes, we do. But hypocrisy is hypocrisy.  Zhade   Oct-30-05 02:46 PM   #14 
  - Except that some people do hold prejudices  Nikia   Oct-30-05 02:59 PM   #15 
  - You cannot eliminate prejudice if half the topic is taboo.  Porcupine   Oct-31-05 01:43 AM   #16 
     - I always dated broke guys  sandnsea   Oct-31-05 02:01 AM   #17 
     - Funny, there's no stigma when dating/marrying broke women.....  Porcupine   Oct-31-05 02:21 AM   #18 
        - Artists have ambition  sandnsea   Oct-31-05 02:37 AM   #19 
     - Sorry  ccbombs   Oct-31-05 02:42 AM   #21 
  - :hand shoots up: I'm a feminist!  fleabert   Oct-31-05 02:40 AM   #20 
  - I'm a feminist, after a fashion...  MojoXN   Oct-31-05 02:42 AM   #22 
  - I prefer the term egalitarian.  tritsofme   Oct-31-05 03:01 AM   #23 
  - Well, the key word in that definition is equality  entanglement   Oct-31-05 03:51 AM   #24 
 

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