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History of Feminism

seabeyond

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9. move on. but... that very thing is what helped create the backlash today. raise our children as

Reply to Tuesday Afternoon (Reply #8)

Sun Feb 16, 2014, 10:26 AM

Feb 2014

people, not gender... we are well on our way. but, what we are living today has got to be debunked or too many parents will nto be raising our children as people, but a fucked up version of gender.

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the return of sexism. third wave fail. [View all] seabeyond Feb 2014 OP

Is this a fundamental pitfall of our lifecycle? Just an unformed thought as I read that. Squinch Feb 2014 #1

i know i recognized the usage of body to get my way as inherently wrong. for whatever reason. seabeyond Feb 2014 #3

This is interesting to think about. We thought we were Squinch Feb 2014 #14

I don't know, sea - Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #2

the fail is in the let down of the feminist movement. hence, speak up, loudly, hard and fast, every. seabeyond Feb 2014 #5

at some point, I think Feminists will need to aline with and, redefine as a Humanist Movement - Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #8

move on. but... that very thing is what helped create the backlash today. raise our children as seabeyond Feb 2014 #9

I don't know. I try not to let DU3 cloud my vision of the world. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #11

I'd observe that dehumanization/degradation for monetary gain is not restricted to women... malthaussen Feb 2014 #15

I think I address that phenomenon with my post #8 in this thread. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #16

"We are the chorus, and we agree" malthaussen Feb 2014 #17

... lol ... Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #18

Naomi Wolf warned us JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #4

it was wrong when i heard it at 12, it was wrong when i realize even i felt i was subordinate to man seabeyond Feb 2014 #6

I still say the root of the problem is lack of diversity ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #7

that is what the world wide net gives us ism. i absolutely agree, but i think that is here and now. seabeyond Feb 2014 #10

There is a just the tiniest bit closer confirmation ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #12

i didnt read it the other day. seabeyond Feb 2014 #13

Part of this involves the twisted, bottom-line way our economy works starroute Feb 2014 #19

Thank you. This is not about sales. This was demonstrated very well just recently. redqueen Feb 2014 #20

I think that toys are more gendered than they were 20-30 years ago Nikia Feb 2014 #21