To be a feminist's daughter

posted @ Friday, July 18, 2008 12:43 PM | Feedback (0)

A very interesting article.

How my mother's fanatical views tore us apart

How my mother's fanatical views tore us apart

She's revered as a trail-blazing feminist and author Alice Walker touched the lives of a generation of women. A champion of women's rights, she has always argued that motherhood is a form of servitude. But one woman didn't buy in to Alice's beliefs - her daughter, Rebecca, 38.

Here the writer describes what it was like to grow up as the daughter of a cultural icon, and why she feels so blessed to be the sort of woman 64-year-old Alice despises - a mother.

Taliban Murder 2 Women

posted @ Tuesday, July 15, 2008 5:30 AM | Feedback (0)

Islamic evil seems to be a popular topic in the AP today so here's another one.

AP Stringer Stands by as Taliban Murder 2 Women, Gets Snuff Footage

category: Gender Issues Islam

Shit like this almost makes me want to become a feminist

posted @ Tuesday, July 15, 2008 5:28 AM | Feedback (0)

I kid.. We know that the feminists don't fight against the real evils against women. Which, seem time and time again to be Islam.

The Men's Coalition... Stealth feminist apologists?

posted @ Sunday, July 13, 2008 8:39 PM | Feedback (2)

http://www.themenscoalition.org.uk/Welcome.html

The men's coalition

The Men’s Coalition is a new organisation that aims to put issues of concern to men and boys such as health, parenting and caring, relationships, education, employment, crime and violence firmly on the public policy agenda.

At the bottom of the page it states that the Men's Coalition supports the White Ribbon campaign which bills itself as "Men working to end men's violence against women. As anyone who has seen my videos should know, language like this gets me seeing red a little bit. Why just men's violence against women? If you read their F.A.Q. page then they specify that they are talking about DV and rape.

That is a bit dissapointing but there are many things on their website which seem promising. Could you guys weigh in with your opinion of this?

The path to true gender equality

What is equality? We in the men’s rights movement believe in equality of opportunity, that as long as the playing field is level then the outcomes should not matter. The feminists tend to believe that equality of outcome is what matters, that the columns under men and women must match for there to be no more sexism. So what really matters at the end of the day is what you are comparing. Rights or outcomes? This is the foundation of our debate.