Women's Rights & Issues

Gormy Cuss

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6. What do you mean "feminist by divine right?"

Mon Dec 12, 2011, 04:40 PM

Dec 2011

That's a new one to me. The reflexive denial of man hating on the other hand is straight out of the '70s so I get that.

If you believe that women deserve equal rights and freedom from sex discrimination, how can that be accomplished while letting sexist language stand unchallenged? Growing up in that era you must remember the morphing of gender-specific language for professions (e.g. 'policeman' becoming 'police officer', 'fireman' becoming 'firefighter'. ) There was tremendous opposition to this -- nearly as much as the opposition to having women work in these fields. Semantics do matter. There's nothing trivial or PC about it.

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I've had my problems with this group in the past, but I hope it sticks around. [View all] BlueIris May 2011 OP

Do you know if this Control-Z May 2011 #1

What problems did you have with the old group? Lyric Dec 2011 #2

Herding cats libodem Dec 2011 #3

why not? Remember Me Dec 2011 #4

I understand being offended libodem Dec 2011 #5

Irt's not about being offended Remember Me Dec 2011 #7

back around 1969, iverglas Dec 2011 #10

I've heard that the root word for Lunacee2012 Dec 2011 #8

What do you mean "feminist by divine right?" Gormy Cuss Dec 2011 #6

and the second question iverglas Dec 2011 #9

You said you've had pronlems with this group libodem Dec 2011 #11

interesting points. seabeyond Dec 2011 #12

I'm not hating on you. I asked a question on 'divine right' and disagreed with you on semantics. Gormy Cuss Dec 2011 #13

Divine right libodem Dec 2011 #14

Thanks for the explanation. Gormy Cuss Dec 2011 #15

good exercise. and the language is so inaccurate. Matariki Dec 2011 #16