Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!ames!elroy!usc!venera.isi.edu!aero!bmaraldo@watdcsu.waterloo.edu From: bmaraldo@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (Commander Brett Maraldo) Newsgroups: soc.feminism Subject: Re: can a human be feminist? Message-ID: <5986@watdcsu.waterloo.edu> Date: 8 Jun 89 01:25:04 GMT References: <16890@paris.ics.uci.edu> <3463@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM> Sender: news@aerospace.aero.org Reply-To: bmaraldo@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (Commander Brett Maraldo) Organization: Unit 36 Research Lines: 23 Approved: nadel@aspen.aero.org In article <3463@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM> eli@ursa-major.spdcc.COM (Steve Elias) writes: > druid@robotics.jpl.nasa.GOV (Andrew Kerne) writes: >> >>I don't think that men are in general have the right to say what is >>feminist -- it is something essentially defined by women. > perhaps the sexist circumstance of our society defines feminism. I thought that the whole premise of the feminist movement was the equality of women with respect to men - that is, the abolishment of sexual oppression. By saying men have 'no right...' you are oppressing and that is as bad as a man opressing you. Its too bad some people have distorted the ideals of feminism with uncontrollable anger - unfortunately these are the people we hear loudest - the UNfeminists. Brett Maraldo 'For the equality of men and women and all things, universal.' -- -------- Unit 36 Research --------- "Alien Technology Today" bmaraldo@watdcsu.waterloo.ca {uunet!clyde!utai}!watdcsu!bmaraldo