Mary, Shawn:
I, too, want the same privileges as others. When you speak of
constraints, you're singing to the choir. Our elitist culture
holds many people down, of all colors, backgrounds, and gender.
For example, engineers get quicker promotions and higher pay in
government jobs than biologists or chemists (I'm a biologist), even
though they have the same amount of education (4-year degree).
Why? Because engineers have a strong organization that has rigged
the system in their favor. Elitism, and it holds people back.
Racism - still a big problem in America. You may know that
Affirmative Action has helped women more than minorities. Look at
the stats - women have made significantly more progress than
minorities in the past 30 years. But not enough, in my opinion, in
either case.
What I'm leading to is that we'd probably be better off working
together to break the good ole boy (and some girl) systems rather
than continuing the battle of the sexes. Maybe I do have the wrong
impression of the typical feminist. The Gloria Steinems and
Pat Irelands have, in my opinion, hurt womens' cause with excessive
"political correctness" and intolerance.
I saw a couple debates on feminism on PBS hosted by William Buckley
that were interesting. He had several feminists (including
Betty Friedan and Camille Paglia) on one side, and several
anti-feminists (Mrs. Huffington rings a bell) on the other. All
females except for Buckley. On several occasions the _feminist_
side agreed that the feminist movement has gone astray, and is now
counter-productive. Did anyone else see those? Is feminism being
overhauled? How can we work together?
avr
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