When I was at Udacity, a female student wrote in
“I’m not a feminist, but I love seeing women teaching these courses.” She felt like if they could do it, so could she.
I was amazed, she was stating a clear benefit of feminism but at the same time rejecting it. Her mind had been poisoned.
“I’m not a feminist, but I love seeing women teaching these courses.” She felt like if they could do it, so could she.
I was amazed, she was stating a clear benefit of feminism but at the same time rejecting it. Her mind had been poisoned.
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Michael Hobbes
And yet, the conventional wisdom became that while the women's movement may have had some good points at first, it had gone too far and needed to be reined in.
This narrative was almost entirely created by media and political institutions controlled by men.
This narrative was almost entirely created by media and political institutions controlled by men.
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Anyway, if you haven’t yet, a good read is bell hooks’ Feminism is for Everybody.