bluesmama wrote:
> _TR_ wrote:
>
> > If you truly understand this and are not just parrotting someone
> else's
> > thoughts for the sake of political correctness, then how can you
> *honestly*
> > remain committed to the gimme-gimme-more religion of feminism?
>
> I don't believe in everything that feminism is for - but then again
I'm
> about moderation in most things anyway. I'm not radical by any means.
> It's just the most appropriate label, I suppose, because I'm a woman,
> and I do believe a lot of what I've read of feminist thought.
>
> Someone said, well call yourself a humanist, but I still argue that
> because I'm a woman I will align myself with women, and that it's
only
> natural. I won't align myself with the most radical ones, because I
> don't think that way. Male genocide? How bitter and ridiculous can
you
> get? But equal - not same - equal rights for women, yeah, I'm all for
> that.

"Equal -not same- rights for women" sounds omnious. Kinda like
"seperate but equal."
Equal really does have to mean "same." Especially when the
coercive power of the state is involved.
But I am betting that you have a different idea. Equal means
whatever seems right from the female perspective.
Why is it that modern women assume, without even thinking about
it, that if they get treated "not the same" as guys, that it will be to
your advantage??

>
> And I think any person, male or female, who gets on their moral high
> horse and claims they won't naturally put their gender's issues first
> is a liar, or deluding themselves.
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