tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post116172335632931759..comments2023-10-09T12:51:06.029-03:00Comments on RGM Unlimited: RGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03094054083065645879noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post-1162045703878541122006-10-28T11:28:00.000-03:002006-10-28T11:28:00.000-03:00Real feminists are very much against sexism. dict...Real feminists are very much against sexism. dictionary.com lists the following under under "sexism":<BR/><BR/><I>discrimination or devaluation based on a person's sex, as in restricted job opportunities; <B>esp.</B> </I>[bold mine], <I>such discrimination directed against women. </I><BR/><BR/>Even the dictionary knows and says that sexist discrimination is a problem for women more than it is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post-1162044026518682132006-10-28T11:00:00.000-03:002006-10-28T11:00:00.000-03:00Those pragmatic women, and the mindset behind them...Those pragmatic women, and the mindset behind them, who work for Playboy are excellently characterized as "female chauvinist pigs" in Ariel Levy's book of the same name. It's hip, it's cool, it's showing that women can be "in" on pornography, too, but ultimately it boils down to participating in their own exploitation, and the exploitation of other women, in order to "get ahead." They're RGMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03094054083065645879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post-1162035170695678692006-10-28T08:32:00.000-03:002006-10-28T08:32:00.000-03:00The "real feminism" I'm talking about is the acade...The "real feminism" I'm talking about is the academic strain that later broke into radicalism and so on (my knowledge of Feminism as an academic idiom is limited, though; I'm sure if Carla came around she'd set me straight). <BR/><BR/>In any case, the emphasis in the academic disciplines I've run into -- the non-radical ones -- emphasize gender analysis over overlty male vs. female "victimizationC. LaRochehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02010478095173075030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post-1161774935622396142006-10-25T08:15:00.000-03:002006-10-25T08:15:00.000-03:00I'm doing nothing of the sort. The "real feminism"...I'm doing nothing of the sort. The "real feminism" that you speak of deserves those quotation marks around it, because it would suggest that we should be able to handle our political affairs without resorting to the superficial to denigrate our opponents. You also go far beyond the pale in suggesting that there be a ban on non-political comments because it's a hollow idea that really wouldn't RGMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03094054083065645879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617063.post-1161762556982820382006-10-25T04:49:00.000-03:002006-10-25T04:49:00.000-03:00Richard, seems like you're painting all women and ...Richard, seems like you're painting all women and victims and all women as perpetrators. Real feminism would say that if male PMs can be made fun of on the basis of their looks, women can too -- and women should furthermore have the independence and ability to stand up to it, as men do.<BR/><BR/>Otherwise, you need to ban making non-political comments about any MP, regardless of sex. This is C. LaRochehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02010478095173075030noreply@blogger.com