Many women, I think, resist feminism because it is an agony to be fully conscious of the brutal misogyny which permeates culture, society, and all personal relationships. “Women, under separate masters, are the most divided of oppressed groups. And men prefer a willing slave to a forced slave, hence
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Dead Wild Roses: Megan Murphy on Prostitution and Bill C-36
Taken from a blog post on the Feminist Current. Also, it is the full decriminalization and/or legalization that has “produced more victims,” not the Nordic model, which is what Canada’s new laws are modeled after. Also — key point — prostitution produces victims. The demand for ever more (younger,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Feminist Quote of the Day – Bell Hooks – Lifestyle Feminism
“Lifestyle feminism ushered in the notion that there could be as many versions of feminism as there were women. Suddenly the politics was being slowly removed from feminism. And the assumption prevailed that no matter what a woman’s politics, be she conservative or liberal, she too could fit feminism into
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Femininity – Susan Brownmiller – Quote of the Day
Susan Brownmiller has a remarkable talent for framing slippery sociological concepts. This quote is from the introduction to her book “Femininity” and it lucidly describes the nature of the viscous catch-22 women experience for the crime of being born female. “Femininity always demands more. It must constantly reassures its
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Women Shrink – Andrea Dworkin; Bell Hooks – On Feminism
A couple of feminist quote of the day just for my AVFM friends who might be lurking around in the shadows waiting to explain how oppressed being (usually) white and male is. “Men often react to women’s words – speaking and writing – as if they were acts of violence;
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: University Advice: Never forget than boys and girls can never just be friends.
Ever wonder what it’s like being female and living through what women are expected to deal with? A small peek into some of the happenings in the grand adventure of being human and female all at the same time. “When I was seventeen and preparing to leave for university, my
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Important Question for Men – What will you choose?
Somehow, it is still hard to talk to men about sexism without meeting a wall of defensiveness that shades into outright hostility, even violence. Anger is an entirely appropriate response to learning that you’re implicated in a system that oppresses women – but the solution isn’t to direct that anger
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Bell Hooks – On Romance and Violence
“Women reading romances are being encouraged to accept the idea that violence heightens and intensifies sexual pleasure. They are also encouraged to believe that violence is a sign of masculinity and a gesture of male care, that the degree to which a man becomes violently angry corresponds to the intensity
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: What Victim Blaming Looks Like to the Vicitim – Erika Nicole Kendall
I suggest reading the entire article, but some highlights I’ll post here. “I said this a long time ago, and I’m saying it again – not only is rape about a rapist having control, but victim blaming is about controlling the female population: what better way to cajole women
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