Comments on: rebel without a pause

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:35:12 +0000

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By: DaJuan

DaJuan — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:43:48 +0000

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By: Sommer

Sommer — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:59:29 +0000

Agreed that you could compare sexism and racism without a problem in this case. But slavery *actually* no longer exists, where as sexism does. If you wanted to use slavery, then women not being able to vote might work better. I’m just picking at words, I guess.

By: tom

tom — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:44:17 +0000

I was just speaking in terms of our social norms. All I mean is that it is now conventional, accepted wisdom that sexism is wrong, even if sexism still exists. Similarly, it’s accepted that racism is wrong, even though it still exists.
It probably would’ve been clearer if I’d just said “sexism” and “racism”. But (and maybe inferring the wrong thing) your comment seems to imply that the lingering effects of pre-feminist thought continue to be a serious problem in a way that the lingering effects of pre-emancipation thought are not. If so, I disagree. But I’m probably reading too much into what you said.

By: Sommer

Sommer — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:35:05 +0000

or that women are inferior to men
I really think this is in a different category than slavery. Plenty of people still think women are inferior to men. Women still get paid less than men.