tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943409353450564818.post6762587290420682804..comments2023-08-20T06:58:37.168-05:00Comments on Trail Blazing After 40: The Ya-Ya Sisterhood of the Non-Dangling Pants PartsDaktarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08291715601733518982noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943409353450564818.post-59648427125389884392008-10-02T07:02:00.000-05:002008-10-02T07:02:00.000-05:00Clarificaton re: Joan Williams: Though to be clea...Clarificaton re: Joan Williams: Though to be clear, what she talks about in her book has little to do with affirmative action as it's generally meant but everything to do with a history of women's roles in the US, how they've become normalized, and changed in self-contradictory ways ("Teaching is too important to leave to women," "Teaching is too unimportant to bother men about it") and how Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943409353450564818.post-78555013054046422602008-10-02T07:56:00.000-05:002008-10-02T07:56:00.000-05:00I think you misunderstand me. I think the POINT o...I think you misunderstand me. I think the POINT of feminism is to help create a world in which gender doesn't matter.<br><br>I don't think you get there by just telling white men that they should, you know, be all magnanimous and shit and let women, minorities, gays, etc. in. We all know that isn't going to happen. And I think I have expressed before my views (although somewhat haphazardly) on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943409353450564818.post-32659420103599098712008-10-02T08:22:00.000-05:002008-10-02T08:22:00.000-05:00I'm not sure I get it yet, though I don't think we...I'm not sure I get it yet, though I don't think we're going to disagree fundamentally.<br><br>I'll have to re-read your posts to figure out your stance on 'isms.<br><br>I guess the point I was trying to make, to clarify, is that I don't see the point of feminism as to make a world where gender doesn't matter, but rather where it's appreciated. Conservatives deride the very idea that differences Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943409353450564818.post-50969058434103058582008-10-02T08:28:00.000-05:002008-10-02T08:28:00.000-05:00This is really a note to myself, but I think there...This is really a note to myself, but I think there is a distinct difference between the professional and social aspects of -isms. There is, on the one hand, how I wish to be treated as an employee in the workplace (solely on the basis of my performance), and on the other, as a woman in the workplace (with respect, without prejudice, as an equal, etc.). <br><br>Then again, I am a highly Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943409353450564818.post-43884780034294724802008-10-02T11:00:00.000-05:002008-10-02T11:00:00.000-05:00"...there is a distinct difference between the pro..."...there is a distinct difference between the professional and social aspects of -isms."<br><br>Hmm. I'm not sure I understand what that means. There are certainly different manifestations of all -isms, but I think the social and professional are pretty thoroughly interdigitated all the say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943409353450564818.post-17149177377826557502008-10-02T22:53:00.000-05:002008-10-02T22:53:00.000-05:00Ok, just to give you some satisfaction before bedt...Ok, just to give you some satisfaction before bedtime. I do support affirmative action. I support aa because I realize that without incentives, there is no reason for those in power to consider other perspectives. I completely agree with your previous posts in that favored groups can't see the discrimination and see any efforts to change the status quo as an attempt to replace "our Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com