Likewise good point. To counterpoint, simply because these men believe they are superior thanks to their penii, does not mean we have to adhere to their definitions of masculinity and the female role. Making the question a Women's question forces the issues into the old duality, reinforcing the empowered male position. To do so in the current climate can isolate anti-feminist women and pro-feminist men from the position, which plays in to the male chauvanists agenda. Divide and conquest. I don't think the nature of the group disenfranchised can be ignored, either, so your overlap point is on the mark. Care must be taken, though. It is a more complex issue than the old duality allows for, IMHO, and thus my personal abstract view.
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Date: 2004-11-08 05:32 pm (UTC)To counterpoint, simply because these men believe they are superior thanks to their penii, does not mean we have to adhere to their definitions of masculinity and the female role. Making the question a Women's question forces the issues into the old duality, reinforcing the empowered male position. To do so in the current climate can isolate anti-feminist women and pro-feminist men from the position, which plays in to the male chauvanists agenda. Divide and conquest.
I don't think the nature of the group disenfranchised can be ignored, either, so your overlap point is on the mark. Care must be taken, though. It is a more complex issue than the old duality allows for, IMHO, and thus my personal abstract view.