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Is this a ^feminist^ issue?

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Jingo62 · 12/06/2011 18:51

stinkin-thinkin.com/2011/06/11/why-addiction-recovery-should-be-a-feminst-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-61899

Or do I just go into overdrive whenever I read of 'blaming the victim'?

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Snorbs · 12/06/2011 22:45

AA's Big Book was originally written in the 1930s. The "To The Wives" section was written by Bill W himself (a man whose dodgy behaviour extended way beyond his boozing) and not by his wife Lois even though he claimed that it was.

AyeRobot · 12/06/2011 22:30

Was going to mention the "To the Wives" section of the Big Book which is one of the points in the link. It's quite surreal.

I've got loads to say about this subject, but it'll have to wait till tomorrow as I have matchsticks in my eyes.

dittany · 12/06/2011 22:25

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sunshineandbooks · 12/06/2011 21:50

Wow! I had never even thought about this side of it (though I often wondered what alcoholic atheists do).

Definitely worth thinking about.

MrsKarbonara · 12/06/2011 21:29

Crikey. Thanks for posting this Jingo. Have just read through the link. Interesting to me on many levels and seemingly yes definitely a feminist issue. I am quite stunned by how little I actually knew about this. Why stunned I don't know, I feel like the more I learn in this life the more I realise just how damn little I know.

One more thing to get angry about my friends.....

Trills · 12/06/2011 19:01

Is this a feminist issue?

Q: Are boys/men having to think about/deal with this shit?

A: No - then it's a feminist issue
A: Yes but not nearly as much - then it's a feminist issue
A: Yes - then it's not a feminist issue specifically but that doesn't mean it's not important

(some proper feminists will be along in a minute to either agree or to tell me that I've got it wrong somehow, but it seems like a good rule of thumb to me)

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