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6. If given the chance, radical feminists (like moi) will actually commiserate with men
Sat Feb 11, 2012, 09:25 PM
Feb 2012

and their plight under Patriarchy -- all that masculine baggage.

The problem comes in, we can offer them a much freer existence, but the downside isn't t hat appealing to too many men: they have to give up some of that (usually white) male privilege. Too big a price to pay to live longer, be freer, be healthier, have more wonderful relationships not with their beloveds but with their children and everyone else, etc.

Oh, and "if given the chance," I mean -- if we're not fighting tooth and nail just to stay alive (literally and figuratively), or for our contraception and abortion rights, or for wages we're due, and so forth and so on, and for men to listen to us about the domestic violence that MUST STOP, so that we an finally get a few minutes of quiet discussion time with men who are willing and interested in the subject - that's what I mean. If we have men who will listen and the time and energy to explain it to them.

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