Lis, I am all for alternate models of cohabitation and child-rearing! But in the imagination of the conservative, family is pretty much a monolith. Follow this link to a right-wing 'Family Research Council' http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=IS03D1 They make a very good case (posted to Marriage and Family: Understanding Radical Views and Realities)
I am *not* bringing my gender into the discussion. I just said 'the post was written from a guy's perspective' so as to indicate who could really use this perspective: men who expect to have children in marriage, who think (posted to Say No To...)
I don't think it serves feminist activism to single out the oppressed for colluding with the patriarchy, at least not until you can find a way to establish that they are women with sufficient privilege who can easily risk to (posted to A Feminist Challege)
"why should they need permission to observe the irony inherent in going to great lengths to cover your entire body yet willingly expose a highly sexualized part of the body?" I don't see it as an innocent observation of an (posted to A Feminist Challege)
I don't think anyone here is trying to defend patriarchal religions. The point is, WHY should it matter so much what a woman wears? If a man decides to cover himself up, I wouldn't see anyone objecting to that. The (posted to A Feminist Challege)
Damn right we're not there yet. And we should judge society not only by what women choose to wear, but by what men choose to wear as well. In most cases, there really is no explanation other than reasoning rooted (posted to A Feminist Challege)
I like how you ask me if I support misogyny in religion, and then answer for me. That's not very feministy of you! I don't support misogyny in religion, so I didn't read the rest of your idiotic comment, since (posted to A Feminist Challege)
It makes perfect sense. Most of the people here are judging this woman negatively for doing something they think is contradictory, breast feeding in public while wearing a burka. Our patriarchal culture, which feels that men are entitled to sex (posted to A Feminist Challege)
But even feminists wear what is deemed culturally appropriate based on patriarchal standards. I wear a bra. I wear nail polish on my toes. I wear skirts and stockings and ballet flats and PJ pants with cupcakes on them. These (posted to A Feminist Challege)
So you studied biological essentialism? So you would know that it is the argument that sex is determined solely by nature and not society? I'm not sure why this is being thrown into the pot, but I do know that (posted to Say No To...)
