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Subject: Re: Feminist Movement

Author:
Maria

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Date Posted: 10:23:58 07/29/02 Mon
In reply to: Astrid 's message, "Re: Feminist Movement" on 15:37:38 07/28/02 Sun

>
>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.
>

Have you ever read Mary Daly's Gyn/Ecology? It's been awhile so I don't remember all the details, but she was making all these connections between FGM practices and Nazi medical experiments on women . . . and then connecting it to consentual straight sex. I couldn't even finish the book. She was flat-out saying that you can't be a feminist if you're not a lesbian. So no wonder so many women think that they can't be feminists and that feminism is meaningless to them.

>>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.
>
I don't really follow non-parenting boards, but it might be good to mix up the group a bit if you 'know' some older people or non-parents.

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Subject	Author	Date
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