andrews@ubc-cs.UUCP (Jamie Andrews) (02/10/86)
In article <5940@tekecs.UUCP> dorettas@tekecs.UUCP (Doretta Schrock) writes: >Here on the planet where I live, 99% of the predjudice based on >sex is directed against women.... Political and economic prejudice: no question. Social and emotional prejudice: a significant amount directed against men. If you're not a man, I don't expect you to empathize with this completely. But if you value Rita Mae Brown's opinion more than mine, you may be interested to know that in a recent _Ms._ article she said much the same thing. > ... There are a lot of men on the >net who seem to just love statements like "sexism hurts men >just as much as it does women" and "sexism directed at men is >just as bad a sexism directed against women".... I'm interested in no such competition, but there are a lot of women on the net who ignore the fact that men do suffer because of stereotypes, and I consider it my duty to educate them. > ... That way they >can remain politically correct while ignoring the reality that >bias against the powerful does not have the same effect >on the people in power as bias against the powerless has on >those without power. I agree completely, but who said that sexism had only to do with power? A lot of people don't realize that when they think that money and power are more important than knowing what your real emotional responses are, they are falling for the standard line of our great North American materialist society. --Jamie. ...!ihnp4!alberta!ubc-vision!ubc-cs!andrews "And then the lighting of the lamps"