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Christina Sommers on the election

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PinkIsRad · 06/12/2016 06:44

www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-theory/wp/2016/12/05/how-to-make-feminism-great-again/?utm_term=.ac20de6aba9d

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DeviTheGaelet · 06/12/2016 22:05

but maybe rather diplomatic, less extreme. is this all women or just feminists pink? Grin
I'm sure I should be calling a number here

Prawnofthepatriarchy · 06/12/2016 19:52

Ostracized isn't a word that describes the level of attention Pink's posts received, Lass, attention which to my mind greatly outweighed their merit.

PoochSmooch · 06/12/2016 18:59

Which aspects of feminism do you feel are too extreme, pink?

It's hard to create change by being "nice". I'm not sure what that would look like.

LassWiTheDelicateAir · 06/12/2016 18:55

I think being accused of being a man (and with the implication of how dare you come on here) because you disagree with other posters is not far from it.

Prawnofthepatriarchy · 06/12/2016 18:50

People disagreeing with you is not "being ostracized", Pink.

PinkIsRad · 06/12/2016 18:43

I am surprised she is a "feminist". You might recall if you were on the trans thread that I was ostracized, called naive/young and even doubts as to whether I was a woman and not just a man pretending to be a woman. But even I think Sommers is, well peculiar is a nice way to put it.

Het "Feminism would get further if only women would be nice about it - check." - Well that is the one thing I agree with her on. Though maybe nice is the wrong way (implies women need to be nice, can't be aggressive, etc.), but maybe rather diplomatic, less extreme.

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LassWiTheDelicateAir · 06/12/2016 18:41

I wonder how many voters Lena Dunham cost Clinton. I can't imagine why anyone would want to subscribe to "Lenny"

M0stlyHet · 06/12/2016 10:04

We went down 4-3 to Bournemouth - Bournemouth, for f'sake - at the weekend. Yes, I do look like the women in that picture, Rufus.

Hmm, the article is like a check-list of MRA-friendly feminism-lite. (But then I wouldn't expect much different from Christina Hoff Sommers). Pay gap is a myth - check (hmm, funny that one - my equal pay claim is going through the courts right now). Total failure to mention reproductive rights - check (despite the fact that the president-elect and his veep want to get rid of Roe vs Wade). Men have it hard too - check (well, yes they do, feminism has long pointed out that toxic masculinity - and I'd include a workplace culture where the reaction to anyone bringing up safety concerns as "elf and safety gorn mad, man up" as one example of toxic masculinity in action). Feminism would get further if only women would be nice about it - check.

RufusTheSpartacusReindeer · 06/12/2016 08:20

I doubt it pooch

I dont see the point of the photo at the top...i have seen the same reactions from men when their football team loses

And yes if any football fans are reading i do understand that it is much more important than the results of an election Grin

PoochSmooch · 06/12/2016 06:49

Any comment, OP?

I'm assuming that as you've posted this in the feminist section, you're preparing a blistering analysis of how profoundly Christina Hoff Summers has misrepresented and misunderstood feminism? Grin No?

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