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- From: ry@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (ryerson.schwark)
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- Subject: Re: Liberty (was something relevant about CO-2 long ago...)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.182802.21419@cbnewsl.cb.att.com>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 18:28:02 GMT
- References: <BzKx7n.9Aq@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> <1992Dec21.114848.11713@panix.com> <BzMCGn.2HsA@austin.ibm.com>
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- In article <BzMCGn.2HsA@austin.ibm.com> alan@auntbea.austin.ibm.com (Alan R. Weiss) writes:
- >
- >Any philosophy that excludes nearly half the human race is,
- >by my definition, untenable.
-
- Why do you think empowering women excludes men?
-
- >
- >
- >>I'm not trying to say that "feminism" shouldn't educate men (as well
- >>as women). I'm also not saying that "feminists" shouldn't educate
- >>men (as well as women).
- >
- >But you just contradicted yourself. IF you consider yourself
- >a feminist, AND you believe it is NOT your job, as a feminist, to
- >use your time and energy in the education of the clueless [sic] men,
- >THEN WHO should educate such "clueless men?"
-
- Themselves. society. other men. women who aren't too tired from
- doing it all the time.
-
- >
- >You can't have it both ways: either feminists have an outreach
- >program for clueless men, or they don't. Either its inclusive,
- >or its just another closed society. But, of course, I'm not
- >a clueless person. And are YOU the one to define feminism?
-
- Wrong. They can and do have it both ways, that's the way these
- things work. They're not black and white. Your statements imply
- that you think there's some monolithic group out their deciding
- these things and making them happen. There isn't.
-
- >
- >In my discussions with feminists who happen to be women, I have
- >not been faced so much anger as I've seen here.
-
- Maybe because there you've appeared to listen more and speak
- less than you do here, and maybe because this forum generates
- a little more honesty than face to face discussions where ingrained
- social habits often cause us not to tell somebody to fuck off
- when we really want to. On an electronic forum, its easier for
- the urge to overcome the conditioning, and that isn't always a
- bad thing, indeed it can be quite a good thing.
- >
- >I confess: I'm not very interested in fighting very old battles,
- >And, implementation means WIDESPREAD acceptance. I advocate
- >the use of humor, and tolerance, and education, and FUN as
- >techniques for doing so. If its HIP to be like this, then it
- >WILL be accepted.
-
- So use your tools! other people will use other tools, but
- cease telling people that yours are the *RIGHT* tools when there
- are dozens that all work. They may not be your style, but they
- work. The attitude that there is one way, your way, of achieving
- a diverse set of goal comes off sounding very conceited.
-
- Ry Schwark
- ry@usl.com
-