Feminist Theory
Buying into patriarchy
The mayonnaise thread over at Twisty’s morphed into a discussion of why women in a patriarchy justify their own oppression. A commenter named JR mentioned Social Justification Theory, which other people in the thread at first thought was the same as Stockholm Syndrome. Here’s my comment, which I’m dragging over here in order to continue [...]
Hugo responds, and in the process makes things worse
I do not hate Hugo Schwyzer. I don’t think he’s evil, I don’t think he’s a bad person. I just think his idea of feminism is extremely problematic, even detrimental to the cause of women’s liberation. Our story so far: Hugo wrote a post detailing the advice on feminism he gave to a student, and [...]
The origin of male dominance
Over in the Today’s lesson thread, which drifted into a discussion of Dworkin, rape, and male dominance, Mandos made the following comment: Frankly, whoever rocks the cradle rules the world. Whoever has control over reproduction has a lot of power. Under conditions of noncoercion, women have control over reproduction and hence massive social power simply [...]
Why I think he IS a feminist
Chris Clarke has a post up with the heart-stopping title, Why I’m Not A Feminist. Heart-stopping because surely if any man is a feminist, it’s Chris Clarke. Chris’s point is that because he is a man, he is not entitled to call himself a feminist: “I am a sympathizer. I am a fellow traveler. At [...]
Radical Feminism
The following is cross-posted from the ongoing discussion at “Alas,” where I fear my comment may have been swallowed and rejected by the cyber gods. So here it is, unswallowed and unrejected: Radical feminism encompasses two big ideas: 1. Gender inequality is a deep-structure issue, interwoven with the very fabric of society. Confronting it means [...]
