Re: Feminist Movement -- It's Debateable

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Subject: Re: Feminist Movement

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Astrid

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Date Posted: 15:37:38 07/28/02 Sun
In reply to: Maria 's message, "Re: Feminist Movement" on 11:38:10 07/28/02 Sun

>That is so true! Back in my academic days, the big
>brouhaha was Andrea Dworkin's book "Intercourse" in
>which she equates any act of heterosexual sex with
>rape because of the inherent inequality of women under
>the patriarchy. Talk about turning straight (i.e.
>most) women off of feminism.

Yeah, I think Dworkin really set a negative tone for the 1990s--my women's studies classes were comprised mainly of lesbians, which isn't a problem in and of itself, but it does make straight women (esp. young married women like me) feel someone alienated, and like our issues are insignificant.

>Maybe we need some more people? It is summer, after
>all.

Feel free to invite more people! I think summer is slowing everything down, but we'll keep things going at a slow pace til fall. I've enjoyed the discussions to date.

A.

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Feminist Movement	Maria	10:23:58 07/29/02 Mon
Re: Feminist Movement -- Astrid, 20:43:31 07/29/02 Mon Re: Feminist Movement -- Maria, 11:15:53 07/30/02 Tue Re: Feminist Movement -- Astrid, 17:14:05 07/30/02 Tue