That's about what my experiences with them usually are.
I think the argument that Dworkin has been misunderstood re 'all sex is rape' is a fair cop.
But I trend toward the view that she has been purposefully ambiguous in her thesis. I think there's a very thin line between 'hetero sex is by nature a violent, penetrative act' to the simplification promoted by some of her followers (and critics).
Again, I think there are real parallels between her arguments, Whedon's and this poster. They both start with the assumption that the popular culture is permeated with bias against women, which in turn made the society shaped by that culture fundamentally flawed.
Dowrkin carefully limited her assertion that representation of sex in popular culture was tantamount to promotion of rape. But logically is the society is defined by that culture then...
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Date: 2008-03-26 06:38 pm (UTC)I think the argument that Dworkin has been misunderstood re 'all sex is rape' is a fair cop.
But I trend toward the view that she has been purposefully ambiguous in her thesis. I think there's a very thin line between 'hetero sex is by nature a violent, penetrative act' to the simplification promoted by some of her followers (and critics).
Again, I think there are real parallels between her arguments, Whedon's and this poster. They both start with the assumption that the popular culture is permeated with bias against women, which in turn made the society shaped by that culture fundamentally flawed.
Dowrkin carefully limited her assertion that representation of sex in popular culture was tantamount to promotion of rape. But logically is the society is defined by that culture then...