Hayley, I totally agree. I posted it because I think their ham-handed attempts to
appropriate feminist themes and rhetoric for their own diametrically opposed purposes,
and to define themselves as aggrieved victims of an unconsciously discriminatory
society, are hilarious! It is also a tacit admission of just how effective the
feminist struggle has been, that these folks would try hijacking tactics from it.
Yasee, the truth is that I AM a spy, but not for them, but for y'all! Just string me
up and label me a gender traitor <hanging my head in mock shame whilst biting my lip,
Clinton-style, to supress my burgeoning smirk>!
At Sun, 28 Feb 1999 13:26:03 PST, you wrote:
>
>This is just hilarious. I don't think I need to go into the way society
>has been men's society in the past, and continues to be so.
>Masculophobia? Please. Our society, culture, government, schools, etc
>etc are based on masculine norms. Feminine is seen as weak, and the
>"other". Those statistics are very troubling, because they are not
>true. Now that we as a society are finally (just beginning) to tell the
>whole story, and not just "his-story", certain (not all, mind you) men
>just can't take it. Ruining their masculinity; good grief. Society has
>been at war with women since the beginning of time, and now that women
>are fighting back, of course the other side is pissed off.
>
>The true goal is to balance our society and culture until it is an
>egalitarian one, where the norms of masculinity and the norms of
>femininity are seen as equally valuable. We have a very long way to go
>to achieve this goal; a hell of a lot more than any 12 step program.
>
>
>Hayley
Joe E. Dees
Poet, Pagan, Philosopher
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