moiram@tektronix.UUCP (Moira Mallison ) (10/12/84)
> I think the 'feminist' movement of the 60's and 70's has made its mistakes. I > think it only concentrated on half of the population (women) and largely > ignored the other half (men). I think it assumed that women were being > oppressed by men and failed to see that men and women were both being > oppressed. I think it saw the faults of men and remained blind to faults of > women. I think it regarded gentleness and sensitivity as basically female > or feminine qualities and therefore indirectly forced men to choose between > being insensitive or becoming more 'feminine'. I think the feminist movement > could have had a broader vision. > Farzin Mokhtarian > < ubc-vision!mokhtar > While I agree with your assessment of some of the mistakes made by radical feminists, I am disturbed by your implication that the feminist movement is history. Or, perhaps you feel that the feminist movement of the 80's ISN'T making these mistakes? a HUMANIST at heart, Moira Mallison tektronix!moiram
mokhtar@ubc-vision.CDN (mokhtar) (10/17/84)
> While I agree with your assessment of some of the mistakes made by radical > feminists, I am disturbed by your implication that the feminist movement > is history. Or, perhaps you feel that the feminist movement of the 80's > ISN'T making these mistakes? 1) Well, I wasn't trying to imply that it is history so please don't be disturbed. 2) This is only 84 so I am not sure about the 80's yet. 3) Were those mistakes really made only by the radical ones? If so, there are so many radicals that they can't be called radicals anymore! Farzin Mokhtarian < ubc-vision!mokhtar > ---------------------------------- "I am you, you and the one who loves and the one who finds, suddenly, a mute alliance within herself with thousands of unknown, estranging things"