Hmm

[deathpixie]

Funny how things travel in coincidences. Not a couple of days after a conversation with a friend about the way women are viewed as manipulative and somehow evil, Joss Whedon shares his thoughts.

I'm not entirely sure of the Womb Envy theory - my presonal theory is that it's a function of fear, of men in general (not any one specific man or group of men) being afraid of the impact women have on them, on their behaviour and the control they can weild through sex that leads to the 'evil' tag, but again, that's just a vague opinion and nothing to do with any of the actual men I know (with a couple of exceptions). It's something to think about, any way, the fact that 50% of the population is not only targeted as weak and morally reprehensible, but that that 50% also buys into it.

The article also raises for me the question of the power of the modern media in our society, and whether, with the glut of reality TV, we've become so used to viewing things as part of a giant television show or movie or game, that we don't stop to considering the actual reality of it. The empathy of it.

Heavy thinking before heading off for the traditional May 2-4 BBQ, this time at Johnny's place where we don't have to get caught in the rain. I'll leave you to it.

Comments

[seraangel.livejournal.com]

I think for me, it's because of feminists like Germane Greer that I'm iffy about calling myself one. At least, Germane Greer as she is now, I believe there may have been a time when she wasn't crazy. But I guess it's the same as with feminism as it is with anything else. The crazy types are always the loudest and tend to spoil it for everyone else. :)

[resplendissante.livejournal.com]

I do feminist political theory and I've never even READ Germaine Greer, to be honest. Feminism isn't one ideology - there are a lot of streams, but the mainstream is exactly as Rossi described herself: Equality is an issue, particularly legal equality, but recent developments have made clear that gender is only one of the divisions which requires attention. I'd call that liberal feminism, because it fits in the general area... Radical feminism (which means trying to get to the root of oppression, not "scary evil feminism") has so many fragments that I'm loath to call it its own stream, to be honest, but that's where some of the more intense people come from.

People like Germaine Greer come up in the mainstream (conservative) media to discredit reasonable feminists, IMO. And that media succeeds, because yeah, some people are crazy. But do we automatically assume that Rush Limbaugh speaks for all conservatives, or that Michael Moore speaks for all liberals?

(Sorry. SORRY. This makes me foam at the mouth and that's totally obvious - maybe I am one of the crazy feminists after all. :)

[seraangel.livejournal.com]

*grins* No need to appoligise. I'm fully able to admit that I have a lot to learn about the world and that includes being open to changing my opinions when given enough evidence that I should do so.

If feminist means fighting for equalitity and for people to be treated with respect no matter what gender,social status or anything else they are, then I'm a feminist. :)