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- From: U53644@uicvm.uic.edu
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- Subject: Boycott Camille Paglia !
- Message-ID: <93025.133442U53644@uicvm.uic.edu>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 19:34:42 GMT
- Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
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- For those who don't already know..................
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- Camille Paglia is a local performance artist, and claims to be a feminist.
- She has also defended the practice of date rape. Her argument is that a big
- part of the thrill of sex is the danger, and that women who have complained
- after being raped by the men they dated should have a more mature attitude
- about the whole thing (and not pursue the complaint).
-
- I should also point out that Camille Paglia is a lesbian, and is in no personal
- danger if such an attitude were to become widespread. She wouldn't date a man,
- so she is in no danger of being raped by a male date. She has pushed the
- that any young woman who doesn't share her sexual orientation, or keep celibate
- is fair game. The hidden agenda isn't too hard to find here - don't you dare
- date men, or you'll deserve whatever happens to you. Such compassion!
-
- This attitude isn't tangentially related to her act - it often is brought up
- during her act. Please, don't give this person any business. Don't attend her
- performances, or contribute to any organization that gives her funding. Yes,
- the 1st amendment guarantees her right to push this kind of attitude, but it
- doesn't require us to help her do so. Let's show that we know that there is a
- difference between being sophisticated, and being a pig. Camille Paglia is
- clearly the latter - and she's trying to get more people to be like her. Let's
- not bankroll the effort.
-
- Joseph B. Dunphy
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