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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 11:42 AM Original message |
Poll question: What is the primary purpose of feminism? |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. Feminism is the Radical Notion that Women are People |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
2. Do you have a link to the other thread? - n/t |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. No, it was several months ago |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. There was no issue. I just wanted to read the other thread. Thanks - n/t |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. Caveat |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. That's certainly a possible outcome. |
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mcctatas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. Feminism is not solely about promoting equality... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Can you please elaborate on what you mean by "reconciliation policy"? n/t |
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mcctatas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. K... |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. reconciliation? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
9. There are several if not many theories of feminism |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Indeed. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Is the reality that 18 year old men are required to register for the selective service |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. NOW is not the boss of feminism. They are only one organization |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. from Wiki's "history of feminism" entry: |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. NOW has addressed it... |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Precisely. I'd like to ask the OP to define civil rights to begin with. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. We are each entitled to our definitions. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. But that's the problem. The purpose or mission shifts |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. If my definition of civil rights shifts depending on the circumstances... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Not on the circumstances but on the theoretical underpinning. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
16. I'm a man and think feminism is about human dignity and freedom. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Sounds like "humanism" to me. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Except humanism is patriarchal and so there is a real difference. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Sounds like "paternalism" to me. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
23. It's one facet of equality. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
26. Unfortunately, every "equality movement" has a built-in "push-back" |
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