From: Walpurgis (walpurg@myrealbox.com)
Date: Fri Jul 26 2002 - 06:47:42 MDT
On 23 Jul 2002 at 16:48, joedees@bellsouth.net wrote:
> The last two of these, feminism and environmentalism, have been
> converging to the degree that a common discipline, ecofeminism,
> has been born. Although some affinities exist between these two
> and the others, the only solid connection seems to be the choice by
> some feminists of lesbianism on ideological grounds in spite of their
> personal sexual preferences.
There is more convergeance between these movements. Some feminists argue that
feminism is a movement to end all forms of oppression. All other forms of
oppression must end if women (and the rest of us) are to be free, because a
woman™s gender identity intersects with all other forms of social identity.
"Otherness" (that which is not a white, straight male) is conceived as the
basis of oppression and as such "Others" must unite. The opposition between
male and female is seen as the basic opposition that predates others
(straight/bent, black/white etc).
Walpurgis
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