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- From: holzman@fnalno.fnal.gov (Daniel B. Holzman)
- Subject: Re: Women and Men Witches
- References: <1992Nov19.150243.26769@news.ysu.edu>
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- Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 22:43:42 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.150243.26769@news.ysu.edu>, ag055@yfn.ysu.edu (Ward
- Chanley) writes:
- > Daniel has repeatedly made the point that women are equally capable of the
- > "power-over" abuses of which I accuse patriarchy; this isn't surprising,
- > since these women are operating within a patriarchal structure of empowerment
- > and thus feel the need to play by its rules. If we eliminate the patriarchy,
- > we're not setting up a new "power-over" structure, we're CHANGING those rules
- > alltogether.
-
- If there is no power-over in place, why enshrine power-over in the name of the
- system? "Archy" means "rule", as in coercion.
-
- If it is a set of values, not a gender, being valued over the other, why
- enshrine either gender in the name of the system and not derscribe the values?
-
- How about calling it Omnifocal?
- --
- Daniel B. Holzman | Eight Words the Witch's Rede Fufill:
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- | All Acts of Love and Pleasure are
- Love doesn't subtract, | Her Rituals
- it multiplies - Heinlein |
- | Speak the Word.
- Disclaimer: Fermilab's far too large to have an opinion, let alone mine.
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