Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id TAA13036; Tue, 20 Jun 2000 19:02:00 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 19:02:00 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <01JQTY8U68AS9PNY55@mala.bc.ca> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: nonesuch@mala.bc.ca To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:805] Re: Feminism X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.11) Status: O Content-Length: 1539 Lines: 44 I see anti-male "jokes" coming from straight women all the time. They get passed around at work, come at me via e-mail and I hear them on social occasions. Married women make outrageous anti- male statements. Some of those women are feminists; many are not. I see that stream of anti-male feeling as a sign that straight women who are struggling for equality inside personal and intimate relationships with men know more about the gritty details of that struggle than lesbians do. Does a radical feminist have to be a lesbian? Of course not; but her struggle will be different. Date sent: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 11:09:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Andres Muro <andresm@epcc.edu> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:786] Feminism To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Send reply to: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov I guess feminism can emerge and be expressed in both radical and conservative ways. I have read a radical view of feminism that argues that we live in a society in which all its institutions foster gender inequality. The union of men and women is one of those institutions that fosters gender inequality. Therefore, radical feminists, even though they may be attracted to men, must choose lesbianism as a form of resistance to this gender inequality. Can anyone comment on this? Andres Kate Nonesuch Literacy Co-ordinator Reading and Writing Centre Malaspina University-College 222 Cowichan Way Duncan, BC V9L 6P4 Phone: (250)715-1420 Fax: (250) 746-3563
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