I CAN'T RECALL WHO ASKED THIS QUESTION IN THE FIRST PLACE, BUT I THINK
IT IS (YET ANOTHER)REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTION.
THE BEST ANALYSIS I HAVE SEEN/READ/HEARD ACTUALLY CAME FROM ANOTHER
POPULAR SUBJECT ON THE LIST LATELY, MARY DALY. SHE WRITES EXTENSIVELY
ABOUT WOMEN AS "TOKEN TORTURERS." IN A NUTSHELLL, WOMEN ARE
SOCIALIZED IN PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY TO ACT PATRIARCHAL - THUS THEY WORK
TO KEEP OTHER "DOWNS" DOWN. IN PARTICULAR, SHE POINTS OUT THAT
"SUCCESSFUL" WOMEN (THOSE FEW CEOS, PRESIDENTS, CONGRESSWOMEN, ETC)
OFTEN HAVE THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT MAKE MEN SUCCESSFUL - LOGICAL,
ANALYTICAL, FROWNING ON EMOTIONS, FAMILY BECOMES A SORT OF STATUS
SYMBOL, TAKING A BACK SEAT TO PROFESSIONAL LIFE ETC. I HIGHLY
RECOMMEND IT.
AS A SIDE NOTE, I KNOW THAT MARY DALY HAS BEEN CRITICIZED ON SEVERAL
FRONTS, MOST NOTABLY BY THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY AND BY AUDRE LORDE.
IF YOU READ HER, IT IS ALSO WORTH READING SOME OF THE CRITIQUES. HER
WORK WAS AN INCREDIBLE FOUNTAIN OF INSPIRATION AND STRENGTH TO ME, BUT
I ALSO AGREE WITH SOME OF THE CRITIQUES, PARTICULARLY THOSE OF AUDRE
LORDE IN "AN OPEN LETTER TO MARY DALY" IN SISTER OUTSIDER.
hEATHER
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