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saras

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2. Not all but some...

Reply to Tumbulu (Original post)

Fri Feb 24, 2012, 09:10 PM

Feb 2012

I run into "feminists" all the time in school, who have all been indoctrinated with "it's a good thing we got rid of that radical feminist stuff in the seventies, you know, the hairy armpits for rich white women. Because that's all it did. They weren't against sexism, they were against sexy."

You simply cannot explain the difference between 1965 and 1975 to them. Stonewall? Whatever. The ERA? Didn't pass. Rape laws in the sixties? Whatever.

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an interesting read imo: "Don't Trust Any Feminists Under 30" [View all] Tumbulu Feb 2012 OP

I'm on message boards with some rather rabid feminists Warpy Feb 2012 #1

Not all but some... saras Feb 2012 #2

You highlight the words you're quoting... Neoma Feb 2012 #3

thanks for the tip- it worked (nt) Tumbulu Feb 2012 #10

Feh. JoeyT Feb 2012 #4

Yah. The only kinds of arguments that are impressive to Remember Me Feb 2012 #5

"The only kinds of arguments that are impressive to know-it-alls are their own" Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #17

I don't see how this sort of generational divisiveness is at all helpful to feminists, or anyone for Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #6

I just don't see this in meat space, either REP Feb 2012 #8

Right. JTFrog Feb 2012 #11

That thread is not about generational divisiveness. Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #12

Of course. n/t JTFrog Feb 2012 #13

i agree La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2012 #15

Jezebel replied, as did Courtney Martin from Feministing tammywammy Feb 2012 #7

I think not trusting people on the basis of their age is a form of discrimination CreekDog Feb 2012 #9

Yeah. I'll get off her lawn, too...nt msanthrope Feb 2012 #14

So, what, I am untrustworthy today, but automatically become so tomorrow (my 30th birthday)? iris27 Feb 2012 #16

Happy Birthday! Son of Gob Feb 2012 #18