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From: swsh@midway.uchicago.EDU ("Janet M. Swisher")
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: Re: Fund for the Feminist Majority
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Date: 5 Jul 90 22:30:20 GMT
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In article <8516@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> larryc@devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV
(Larry E. Carroll) writes:
>
>The Fund for the Feminist Majority is a legitimate group, and they do some
>good work.
[...]
>[...] you can't join & elect officers or (for that
>matter) become an officer.  It's a fairly tight-knit group that isn't very
>responsive to those on its mailing list.  [...] I also have adverse reactions
>to most of those I've met: they seem driven and dogmatic, unwilling to listen
>to other viewpoints, ready to see as enemy anyone who disagrees with them.

I find it interesting that the above paragraph is very close to a description
of my impression of American Atheists.  In the case of American Atheists, they
found that if they allowed members democratic participation, then lots of
fundamentalists and other zealous religious folks would join, and then vote to
subvert the atheist mission of the organization. This makes me wonder whether
the leaders of FFM have had similar experiences with the membership not being
as radical as they would like.  But if they want to start a feminist political
party, this doesn't seem like the way to go about it.

Janet Swisher		swsh@midway.uchicago.edu	I speak for myself.