Kaliko
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ORIGINAL: PeonForHer quote:
To feminists, "equality" means female privilege. Then they're not frigging feminists, are they? In this case, I have to agree with Peon. I read three different articles in addition to the one in the OP and I didn't see any reference to a feminist organization taking issue with making changes to both male and female finals groups. I see where the articles label these women feminists, but that doesn't mean they are. Those women are not necessarily feminists. I get that. But those women are being labeled feminists in mainstream media, which is an extremely powerful force of public opinion. If the actual feminist organizations, with the wealth and manpower and public relations muscle, don't come out to publicly condemn this type of behavior, then they are allowing these misconceptions to strengthen and spread. Like it or not, that's the landscape of today's media. Staying silent is, indeed, tacit approval because they're not doing anything to correct the misconception. And if they're not trying to correct a misconception, then it makes me wonder if there really is no misconception at all. This is the struggle that is out there for people like...okay, me. The only thing I know of feminism is mainstream media, and even that is very little as I don't have cable and don't listen to radio. But, I'm smart enough (I like to think) to recognize that the bits that I do pick up through the news may not actually reflect reality. However, when I research further, I either have my fears confirmed (as in the earlier thread regarding the Florida bill for child support and alimony) or I see nothing to combat what I have just read. So, if I were less invested in it, I would walk away from these types of articles thinking "Feminists don't want equality at all!" And honestly, the only reason I'm invested in it this morning is that I'm procrastinating doing my final paper. :) So if someone could find me a position of an organization such as NOW coming out to condemn these actions, then I would happily concede. I understand that the leaders of a movement can't be held responsible for the actions of each and every person who dons the label of that movement. But staying silent only allows the misconception to grow. And when this misconception reaches the average person who does not hold a higher degree in this topic and who is unable to dig out the truth from mounds of media and misdirection - and indeed, has neither the drive nor the resources to - it really irritates Peon. :) But really…the average person is not to blame for this.
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