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Tough titties
Jessica Valenti, author of the new book "Full Frontal Feminism," discusses sex positivity, activism and boob flashing as a feminist statement.
By Rebecca Traister [2007-04-24]

  • The Patriarchy: Jessica is this a testable theory?

    You blogroll "I blame the patriarchy" and indeed many of your posts do blame the patriarchy. Since you blogroll I blame the patriarchy (a pretty interesting and funny blog by the way) google is of little help telling us how many articles you have published that blame the patriarchy.

    But is the patriarchy a testable theory?

    I have never seen a single post anywhere that discusses what a world without the patriarchy looks like.

    I can point to all sorts of blogs, short stories, movies, songs, articles, blooks, that discuss what a world looks like with racism, or without sexism,

    But I've never seen a single anything that says what the world looks like without a patriarchy.

    I am not saying the patriarchy is a good thing, or a bad thing, or something we need or don't need.

    I am saying you folks have never defined it in a testable way. As something that can be measured. As something that we can determine has gone away, or been reduced, or been supplanted by... By what?

    I have no idea what you feminists envision as the world without the patriarchy. What sort of culture or governance or economics or science or education or art or ... or we would have.

    I just see posts that blame everything on men in general, and often on white men in particular.

    Is "patriarchy theory" a useful theory for young women? Or is it a cult dead end? A scape goat? A whine? A power grab?

    -- ガガ ガガ ガガ
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    Monday, April 23, 2007 06:57 PM
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