Re:East Palo Alto girls create app to clean up graffiti, trash
by obstacle1 on Saturday May 11, 2013 @10:25PM
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>Do feminist activists make themselves complicit in sexism
I think that the existence of a movement called femi-nism is itself an example of systemic sexism. You can't gender the name of your ideology and then claim to fight for equality between genders. What feminists fight for is a furthering of women's rights vis-a-vis men, not equal rights for women and men. Completely different things.
And yes, having a black history month is complicit in deepening racial divides in a society. Just as having a [insert-race-or-ethnicity-here] history month would also do.
The question isn't "are movements like feminism inherently sexist", because they objectively are. The question is whether or not that sexism is justified.
I think that the existence of a movement called femi-nism is itself an example of systemic sexism. You can't gender the name of your ideology and then claim to fight for equality between genders. What feminists fight for is a furthering of women's rights vis-a-vis men, not equal rights for women and men. Completely different things.
And yes, having a black history month is complicit in deepening racial divides in a society. Just as having a [insert-race-or-ethnicity-here] history month would also do.
The question isn't "are movements like feminism inherently sexist", because they objectively are. The question is whether or not that sexism is justified.