Gender Studies - October 2007

I've been posting similar comments here & STILL haven't found one satisfactory answer to explain the inconsistency here.

-NOW supported Andrea Dworkin... an anti-male sexist.

-NOW claims to be a "feminist" organization.

-Feminism is supposedly fighting against sexism.

-Feminism is supposedly an egalitarian movement.


So either NOW is not a feminist organization or mainstream feminism condones anti-male sexism.

I'm sorry, but you can't have it both ways. Can anyone explain this?

2007-10-24 14:33:54 · 6 answers · asked by hopscotch 5

but have been suggested by such feminists as Betty Friedan?

http://www.nytimes.com/1976/07/04/books/friedan-changed.html

2007-10-24 14:25:30 · 3 answers · asked by Gnu Diddy! 5

Ever notice that when a woman has had bad experiences and goes on a man-hating rant.. she is usually supported, given sympathy and agreed with.

On the other hand.. a man who goes on a woman-hating rant is called a misogynist, is told "he is meeting all the wrong women", and told he has poor dating skills.

Isn't this yet another example of women being painted as the victims and men as the monsters?

2007-10-24 14:23:58 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Yes, it seems that your sweet little Gloria Steinem was a CIA agent and worked with them to use feminism as a means to destabilize society:

http://www.newswithviews.com/NWO/newworld22.htm

Way to go, girls!

2007-10-24 13:57:47 · 10 answers · asked by billybobinbred 1

It seems that a lot of fathers want to guard their daughter's cherry with their lives, but want their sons to go out and have all the fun they want. Any theories?

2007-10-24 12:53:54 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

Watch this video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC2VqOXZd84&eurl=http://feministing.com/

Girls pledge their abstinence to their Father until marriage?

Feministing.com

2007-10-24 12:31:06 · 16 answers · asked by Devil's Advocette 5

what he has done to your personal relationship? Let's say he cheated, you got divorced but he continues to play an active role as a father... would you tell your child the truth about your marriage?

I feel pretty strongly about this subject, and I'm curious to know what other perspectives there are.

2007-10-24 12:25:07 · 13 answers · asked by Lioness 6

The comparison of Dworkin to Hitler has been made. Granted, they are on the opposite ends of the spectrum, but I still wonder what makes a human so hateful.

Waiting for the spew, girls.

2007-10-24 12:15:57 · 9 answers · asked by MaryCheneysAccessory 6

Let's say there is an botched abortion and the child survives and could live outside of the womb. What should happen, let the child live, or break out the hammer and finish the job?.

2007-10-24 11:29:35 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Pro-choice makes it sound that everyone has the choice on the life they created but rather it is only the choice of the woman who holds that creation in their body.

2007-10-24 11:04:29 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

what can be done?its impact to the society and what do religion say about this

2007-10-24 10:35:01 · 8 answers · asked by italia 1

I posted this as "additional details" to an earlier question, but it bears mention on it's own & I modified it slightly:

(about Dworkin)

http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2005/04/12/andrea-dworkin-1946-2005/

The link I posted was from a popular feminist blog. The posters there were speaking about her with respect and remembering her as an important feminist.

Is that how feminists "distance themselves" from her?

...Because a sexist bigot should have NO PART in a movement about "equality."

I don't care if she had a "few good points."

I'm sure Adolf Hitler had a "few good points" in his life, but that filth got the shunning he deserved from anyone with half a brain.

If feminists do not publicly denounce her and do so without a "yea, but she was sometimes right about..." then do not be surprised when people think feminism has gone astray from an egalitarian movement.

2007-10-24 10:21:29 · 10 answers · asked by hopscotch 5

We are post 3rd wave feminism aren't we. I have even seen that we are now in a post-feminist society, which would suggest that feminism is obsolete.

Where do you think we are at?

2007-10-24 09:43:32 · 9 answers · asked by Fletcher t 2

On average, men like to spend a lot of money or upgrading their cars..I am guessing that women spend most of their money on make up and hand bags? Am I right?

2007-10-24 09:20:28 · 33 answers · asked by Go For Broke 3

2007-10-24 09:07:42 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Personally, I just see them as fun.

Still debating on getting a Buell or another Harley.

2007-10-24 08:42:09 · 14 answers · asked by MaryCheneysAccessory 6

If feminists are truly about "equality", how come they wrote so kindly about a complete sexist bigot like Dworkin when she died:

http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2005/04/12/andrea-dworkin-1946-2005/

It really makes a person wonder.

2007-10-24 08:04:11 · 6 answers · asked by hopscotch 5

Most women I meet say they want equality in a relationship. I always tell them I want a housewife. This rarely scares them away.. why? These "tough girls" turn into girly-girls very quicky when I lay down the law.

There is no such thing as an equal 50/50 relationship with equal sharing and careing. Every woman I date I dominate. She does what I want and if she doesn't she gets the boot. Thats it.

2007-10-24 07:53:29 · 47 answers · asked by Anonymous

Feminists would have to accept the Saudi, Japanese, and other "sexist" cultures if they claimed to be multicultural, wouldn't they?

2007-10-24 07:00:24 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Has it something to do with the way we eat/ live nowadays? Or is it just evolution? Or maybe I'm the one just noticing this.

2007-10-24 06:40:57 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

Are they just closet submissives clamouring for attention and..punishment?

2007-10-24 06:27:19 · 7 answers · asked by Twilight 6

I often get frustrated in GWS, reading the crap that people ask and respond. As, I'm sure, many of you (both feminists and non/anti feminists) do as well.

So I thought...wouldn't it be wonderful if we could nominate one from each side...someone who sticks to the subject matter, without throwing in side jabs and immature comments. Then, we could post questions of a political or socially relevant nature, and have the representative from each side respond. I'm hoping that each side would choose a respectful and thoughtful representative...someone who is well versed in the views of 'their side', and someone who will maintain a focus on the subject at hand. It would be a true testament to the discussion of feminism...wouldn't it?

2007-10-24 06:26:53 · 20 answers · asked by Super Ruper 6

2007-10-24 06:24:00 · 14 answers · asked by ♥ ~Sigy the Arctic Kitty~♥ 7

Despite efforts by a lot of men on this forum, women don't understand what motivates anti-feminism. It is not the denial of male-female equality (ok maybe some men do but they are in the minority). It is about upholding that equality. Women DO NOT follow the textbook definition of feminism. Most so-called feminists are actually female supremacists in their ideology and behavior. Men have a duty to oppose this.

2007-10-24 05:47:00 · 17 answers · asked by bovinotarian 2

the vote may have given women a chance politically but the pill did so much more don't you think???

2007-10-24 05:34:28 · 24 answers · asked by kitty 3

2007-10-24 05:14:51 · 24 answers · asked by Katie C 1

and female feminists alike display a lot of negative and unamerican ideas and attributes ?

2007-10-24 04:40:19 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it the total lack of knowledge about the REAL feminism or is it just an emotional reaction that let's some women continue to live in the state of "perpetual victimhood" that feminism provides?

2007-10-24 04:33:57 · 12 answers · asked by hopscotch 5

when it comes to failing in a relationship or cheating?

2007-10-24 04:24:27 · 13 answers · asked by Lioness 6

I was listening to celebrity prank calls today and the women that cry when being prank called always talk tougher than the women who don't at the start of the call:

Dr Phil-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLFyk_GkLiY

Duke Nukem-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGvi7Bah6Mo

The second one isn't really a prank call, it was on an internet chat line.

I've also never heard of a guy who starts crying because of a prank call, even ones that talk tough.

I'm curious. Why do you think this is?

2007-10-24 03:58:55 · 12 answers · asked by Rio Madeira 3