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- From: anderson@macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Dworkin (was Re: Liberty)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.043029.10104@macc.wisc.edu>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 04:30:29 GMT
- References: <1hqcccINN8e8@mizar.usc.edu> <1992Dec30.002532.28638@macc.wisc.edu> <1992Dec30.032822.18408@riacs.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec30.032822.18408@riacs.edu> David
- Christopher Rogers <drogers@riacs.edu> writes:
-
- >Message-ID: <1992Dec30.002532.28638@macc.wisc.edu>
- >From: anderson@macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson)
-
- >>[T]here clearly is a much smaller tendency to hold over-zealous
- >>woman-haters accountable (their numbers are massive) than to
- >>hold over-zealous man-haters (their numbers are much
- >>smaller) accountable.
-
- >This argument has been made a number of times, and is
- >likely true, but I'm left to wonder what is the conclusion I
- >am to draw from this? It's the kind of argument often used
- >to excuse the lesser of two evils. Is there something more
- >subtle I'm missing here?
-
- Fair question, of course. Not to excuse anything, however,
- but only to point out that those who are finding such
- vociferous (and I think mostly nugatory) fault are ignoring
- some relevant issues of proportion. As I've been at some
- pains to point out, I'm in no position to criticize
- Dworkin's writing directly, as I've not read it. But as
- Arne points out, the systemic oppression of women in our
- society is one thing and man-hating is another, I maintain
- quite a smaller, thing. This excuses neither, but if men
- are going to try to render Dworkin such a demon, then to be
- at all credible, they are going to have to move heaven and
- earth in an effort to rectify women's inequities, in the
- process impeaching largely themselves, which they are
- singularly loath to do.
-
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