Apocalypso
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ORIGINAL: SirLost Firstly, I consider myself as both a feminist and a Dom. A "feminist Dom" may sound like an oximoron, but it is not: To reply to someone who isn't a fuckwit, my view is it would only seem to be oxymoronic if somebody has no idea what they're talking about. In the same way the ocean might seem to be made of treacle if you've never heard of water. The only incompatibilities that are there would be between being a feminist dominant (and arguably any kind of BDSMer) and some of the strands of radical feminism. I'm pretty friendly with the local anarchist-feminists and have a foot in the gender abolitionist camp. I've found no hostility towards BDSM from either of those strands, although some have suggested that male doms possibly need to look a bit more carefully at the issue of reproducing structual oppression, which I think is valid. Quite honestly, whether they call themselves a feminist or not, I think any male dom is well advised to try and understand at least the basic arguments of the main strands. Including those theorists they don't agree with. I'm very far indeed politically from Andrea Dworkin. I'm still glad I've read her though. And have rejected her actual arguments as opposed to the caricatures of tabloid pundits. As an aside, I won't hear a word said against Valerie Solanas. Shares with Dworkin the dubious accolade of being the most misunderstood feminist of. Seriously. Awesome woman.
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