This is the kind of Feminist I am.

[wolven7]

This is the kind of feminism i mean when i talk about it (which is rare, unless you know me well). It's the kind of sex education i think we need in schools, and it's simply all around Sound Thinking.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/thenowhere/502299.html

Comments

[ellenore.livejournal.com]

I agree (except for that part about feminists- is she writing from the 1980s?). Sex is not nearly as big a deal as most people make it.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

That kind of talk is still found, couched in other literatures. Check out Rita Gross, some time. Feminism in religions study.

[ellenore.livejournal.com]

Possibly, but it's definately not a mainstream view or any kind (not that there are many mainstream views- feminism is filled with conflicting philosophies). The strong inclusion of queer theory has helped difuse that even more. Even when the whole anti-sex thing is mentioned, there's a lot more to the argument than "sex oppresses women" including ideas about economics and consent/non-consent.

I just hate how the entirety of feminism is often reduced to "feminists hate sex/men" when for the most part neither view is accurate.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Feminism, like any -Ism, is made of many constituent parts. Those who speak and caper the loudest and most flamboyantly tend to get the spotlight. Unfortunate. However, there is a reason I distinguish between Feminism and Neo-Feminism.

Neo-Feminism contains almost everything that gives feminism a bad name, from what i've seen.