On Sat, 29 Apr 1995, Kylie Matthews wrote:
> In reply to Jayne's post where she says those who advocate for change
> should do the majority of the work.
Not SHOULD... just an observation about the "realities" of the process...
those who want change are the ones who end up doing the work. It
certainly wasn't the white southern segregationists in the US who took on
the burden of changing the Jim Crow laws... And it wasn't the British
who took on the burden of liberating India from colonial rule....
> Whereas I can agree with this it is in the nature of the work that I may
> differ. jayne does not talk about the nature of the work so whether I
> differ from her or not, I don't know. I believe that the nature of our
> work for change involves educating ourselves and other women as I said in a
> previous post. Trying to change men is their job and I think our campaine
> plan should not include any belief that they will change. If they do, all
> and good. If they don't this should not be allowed to interfere with our
> life.
I agree with you that we cannot change men, but I guess I don't see men
as the "problem"... I see a system of beliefs, which women as well as men
have colluded in upholding, as the problem. Seems to me we can only
change them *together*...
Jayne
