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intreaba-ma orice despre feminism: feminismul = misandrie?
pentru ca eu n-am priceput nici in ruptul capului de unde au venit fazele cu “mascul prost” in schimbul asta… m-am mai gindit (si tot n-am inteles).
dar apropos de multe din punctele discutate, mi-am amintit de un scurt interviu cu bell hooks (una din cele mai influente, iubite si respectate feministe – scriitoare si teoreticiana), in care ea zicea printre altele:
“visionary feminist thinkers … have always understood one of the ways that we heal the gender warfare between men and women is to teach both groups, as girls and as boys, how to be loving people. a self-loving man is automatically a feminist. because he’s automatically going to have to resist patriarchy to be self-loving in the first place. feminism, in its best sense, is a movement that calls girls and boys, women and men, to deeper understandings of the meaning of love.”
as compara asta – care poate suna siropos dar de fapt e chiar foarte pragmatic – si feminismul ca optiune fireasca pentru oricine crede in egalitatea dintre sexe cu teama de “feminazis“/feminism ca “extremism” si amenintare la adresa societatii si toate uriteniile si aberatiile ce rezulta din ea: nu numai o etalare de atitudini ostentativ-misogine dar si asumptia ca opozitia fata de misoginie (“pozitia radicala ca femeile ar fi oameni”) nu poate insemna decit ura fata de barbati. (de fapt, ideea e ca nimeni care este intr-adevar feminist(a), adica se opune sexismului, nu ar spune “barbatii sint prosti/porci/etc.” exact asa cum nu ar spune “femeile sint proaste/curve/etc.”, ba dimpotriva – de-asta in cazul blogului eloei citeva dintre noi “ladyfest grrrls” am dezbatut la inceput cit de problematic ne parea, pentru ca daca “urim barbatii” era “pe bune” NU ar fi fost ok!)
si alt citat din bell hooks pe care l-am mai postat:
“as all advocates of feminist politics know most people do not understand sexism or if they do they think it is not a problem. masses of people think that feminism is always and only about women seeking to be equal to men. and a huge majority of these folks think feminism is anti-male. their misunderstanding of feminist politics reflects the reality that most folks learn about feminism from patriarchal mass media.”
[am mai scris putin despre bell hooks aici.]
feminism
misandrie
misoginie (in lb. romana se foloseste si “misoginism“)
feminism (text la ro.wikipedia)
misandry
misogyny
sexism
Feminism = in contextul luarii de atitudine, a fi aderent(a) a feminismului inseamna a fi implicata in miscarea sociala menita sa puna capat sexismului, exploatarii sexiste si opresiunii. Ca feministe respingem definitia ,sexul tare = barbat’, ,sexul frumos = femeie’ pentru ca adjectivele ataseaza sexelor (in mod generic egale atat functional, cat si numeric) calitati si trasaturi ce stabilesc relatii de inegalitate si alteritate absolute. Atat tare, cat si frumos sunt constructii sociale relative, lipsite de valabilitate generala, si sexiste.
Misoginie = ideologie politica ce consta in formalizarea urii sau prejudecatilor impotriva femeilor. Este o practica discriminatorie si asociata patriarhatului, construita pe ura si prejudecata impotriva femeilor pe baza unei lipse de cunoastere si familiaritate.
Misandrie = ideologie politica ce consta in reversul misoginiei: este formalizarea prejudecatilor sau urii impotriva barbatilor. Termen pereche misoginiei, misandria este de asemenea caracteristica patriarhatului, care incurajeaza gandirea sexista ce imparte societatea in mod atat de clar in barbati si femei cu un substrat puternic normativ.
Sexism = practica sociala care intareste diferenta si segregarea dintre sexe in public si privat, atribuind roluri si comportamente, modeland asteptari diferite in functie de sex ale persoanelor din jur. Este asociat cu patriarhatul (desi nu avem nici un fel de garantii sa spunem ca intr-o societate matriarhala practici sexiste nu ar exista) si este problema cheie in jurul careia miscarea feminista a luat amploare si pe care feminismele de toate felurile o critica. Preluarea numelui sotului de catre sotie este o practica sexista, monopolizarea bucatariei de catre sotie este de asemenea sexista cand argumentul este “eu sunt femeia”.
sperietori
in sfirsit, avem si poze cu vestita feminista-de-paie
(STRAW)FEMINIST AGENDA
0800 – 0815 Introduction, Opening Remarks
0815 – 0915 Plot to Overthrow World Leadership
0915 – 0930 BREAK – Coffee and donuts
0930 – 1030 Undermine World Religions
1030 – 1200 General Attacks on the Institution of the Family
1200 – 1300 Catered Lunch and Fashion Show
1300 – 1330 Plot to Remove All Men From The World
1330 – 1400 BREAK – Cake and Champagne
1400 – 1500 Leave Husbands (If Applicable)
1500 – 1530 Kill Children
1530 – 1700 Become Lesbian
1730+ Evening Mixer; Open Barla care ar trebui adaugate niste sesiuni de incinerare a sutienelor si de lipire de par pe picioare, in functie de nevoie, pentru a obtine efectul dorit; asta in combinatie cu lectura unor materiale ca “scum manifesto” dar si revista cosmo – eventual tinute invers, ca oricum noi feministele sintem prea proaste ca sa stim sa citim.
de mine:
de cristina:
s-ar putea spune ca a mea nu e destul de fioroasa, dar as vrea sa punctez faptul ca si-a dat foc la sutien in timp ce-l poarta!! eu cred ca e destul de impresionant. :P
Talibanism in Technology by Deepa Kandaswamy
text from: BRIDGING THE GAP
The article examines the global phenomenon of “technological talibanism” and seven reasons why women in science and technology have remained invisible through out the ages.
Seven reasons why women in technology remain invisible…
Most of us have heard of the Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the
modern world. We also know it was built in memory of Mumtaz Mahal.
But how many of us know of her aunt, Nor Mahal? She invented the
device to perform attar distillation from flowers to make perfumes.
Despite 4,000 years of contribution, we do not know about most
pioneering women in technology—like Empress Shi Dun, who invented
paper, Penthesilea, who invented the battle axe, and Catherine Green,
who invented the cotton gin (though Eli Whitney holds the patent).
Florence Nightingale, the famous nurse, was also a brilliant
mathematician, and her contribution as the inventor of the pie chart that
businesses, technologists, researchers and governments throughout the
world use today, is virtually unknown.
This continues even in this ‘Information Age’ where we boast of living in
knowledge-based societies. How many of us know of Helen Greiner, a
scientist and the only woman to run a robot company in the world or of
Vanitha Rangaraju who is the only Indian woman to win an Oscar for her
technical work for the movie Shrek?
Continue reading
iblamethepatriarchy once again
haha, this is pure genius:
strawfeminism council meets,
brings strawfeminist goals into new millenium…I met with the other strawfeminists to discuss your deep uncomfort. Guess what! We’ve decided to take a break from all the bra-burning, bloke-bashing, and make-up banning with which we have been obsessed to the exclusion of all else for the past 40 years. A good thing, too, because you know that enormous pink ash cloud enveloping the planet? The one resulting from the tons and tons of angrily incinerated spandex and cheap scratchy lace? Well, that cloud turned out to be the real culprit behind global warming.
Also, we were starting to get complaints from the hospitals. Turns out they were getting so jammed up with the bloodied corpses of all the blokes we’ve bashed that there was hardly any room left for the boob augmentation and labiaplasty cases.
Oh, and you’ll love this: as for the makeup, well, it’s mandatory now. Why? Oh, lots of reasons. For instance, we now believe that liberation has eluded us because our skin has not been glowing or radiant enough (I won’t lie to you; there’s been some pretty severe undereye puffiness and a few tragically enlarged pores, too). And, sure, we’re a little late to the party, but we have finally realized that in order to be taken seriously by liberal white males we must more closely resemble centerfolds. Not to mention that we just love how girly it makes us feel to have a beauty regimen! And you know what, we can no longer deny that real empowerfulness comes from participating as consumers in a $180 billion-a-year global industry that’s scientifically formulated to promote women’s insecurities and self-esteem issues. …
Strawfeminism. It’s not just for humorless feminazis who don’t shave their legs anymore.
more on the strawfeminist
[vine de la straw man]
subtle, sister
…”i don’t get a lot of your references, ’cause we don’t have sexism in our country”
…i think this is my most subtle work to date.
versuri
alix olson
[despre slam poetry: “One of the most vital and energetic movements in poetry during the 1990s, slam has revitalized interest in poetry in performance. Poetry began as part of an oral tradition, and movements like the Beats and the poets of Negritude were devoted to the spoken and performed aspects of their poems. This interest was reborn through the rise of poetry slams across America; while many poets in academia found fault with the movement, slam was well received among young poets and poets of diverse backgrounds as a democratizing force. This generation of spoken word poetry is often highly politicized, drawing upon racial, economic, and gender injustices as well as current events for subject manner.”
mai multe: The Academy of American Poets – A Brief Guide to Slam Poetry]
alti “slam poets”: staceyann chin | suheir hammad | saul williams
util
completeaza ca sa afli de cite tratamente ai nevoie: :)
water massage treatment
for hysteria cca 1860.
e foarte important [pt. localizarea uterului – posibil s-o fi luat-o iar la plimbare, vezi.]!
sau citind-o pe jessica de la feministing,
“You can see just how many leeches on your vag you’ll need to cure you of your love of reading and bike-riding. Fun!”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysteria
ISTERÍE s.f. Boală nervoasă manifestată prin tulburări ale sensibilităţii, prin convulsii etc., nejustificate de existenţa unor leziuni. [Gen. -iei, var. histerie s.f. / cf. fr. hystérie < gr. hystera – uter]. Continue reading
intreaba-ma orice despre feminism
“as all advocates of feminist politics know most people do not understand sexism or if they do they think it is not a problem. masses of people think that feminism is always and only about women seeking to be equal to men. and a huge majority of these folks think feminism is anti-male. their misunderstanding of feminist politics reflects the reality that most folks learn about feminism from patriarchal mass media.” – bell hooks
pornind de la un comentariu recent, si pentru ca tot e la moda prin diferite locuri, m-am gindit sa deschidem si acest blog intrebarilor de orice fel despre ce inseamna feminismul. orice vi se pare neclar, nebulos, incomprehensibil despre acest subiect, puteti pune o intrebare lasind un comentariu aici sau scriind la una din adresele de la sectiunea “contact”, mai sus. noi le vom lua in consideratie pe toate, atita timp cit sint rezonabile si de buna credinta. avem de gind sa fim foarte ingaduitoare si rabdatoare, dar ramine la latitudinea noastra sa decidem ce e rezonabil.
bafta!
ps: nimeni nu reprezinta toate feministele, nici o opinie in particular nu reprezinta toate opiniile feministe, deci noi nu vom incerca sa facem asta.
six easy steps to invincible ignorance
six easy steps to invincible ignorance.
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via alternet
Helping Women Who Sell Sex: The Construction of Benevolent Identities
Abstract: Social interventions aimed at helping the group positioned as most needy in Europe today, migrant women who sell sex, can be understood by examining that time, 200 years ago, when ‘the prostitute’ was identified as needing to be saved. Before, there was no class of people who viewed their mission to be ‘helping’ working-class women who sold sex, but, during the ‘rise of the social,’ the figure of the ‘prostitute’ as pathetic victim came to dominate all other images. At the same time, demographic changes meant that many women needed and wanted to earn money and independence, yet no professions thought respectable were open to them. Simultaneous with the creation of the prostitute-victim, middle class women were identified as peculiarly capable of raising them up and showing the way to domesticity. These ‘helpers’ constructed a new identity and occupational sphere for themselves, one considered worthy and even prestigious. Nowadays, to question ‘helping’ projects often causes anger or dismissal. A genealogical approach, which shows how governmentality functioned in the past, is easier to accept, and may facilitate the taking of a reflexive attitude in the present.