I wasn't discussing history. What man makes your decisions for you?
In history, and in some circumstances today, women have been treated extremely badly, often by men (although female circumcision, for example, is kept alive by women). I am saying it belittles the real suffering of those women if those of us who are not oppressed play at being victims. I am privileged, so are most women in my culture. Most women online are privileged. I get sick of the learned helplessness and "poor little me" attitude of women who don't want to take responsibility for their lives.
It becomes even worse when this fictional oppression by an imaginary patriarchy is used to justify women behaving in a way they do not tolerate from men.
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Date: 2008-01-13 07:10 pm (UTC)In history, and in some circumstances today, women have been treated extremely badly, often by men (although female circumcision, for example, is kept alive by women). I am saying it belittles the real suffering of those women if those of us who are not oppressed play at being victims. I am privileged, so are most women in my culture. Most women online are privileged. I get sick of the learned helplessness and "poor little me" attitude of women who don't want to take responsibility for their lives.
It becomes even worse when this fictional oppression by an imaginary patriarchy is used to justify women behaving in a way they do not tolerate from men.