Sunday, February 5, 2012

Humanity's problems are greater the oppression of women

One problem I have with movements of any kind is that when we focus on one movement (feminism) as opposed to another, say (slavery) or (gay rights), we relinquish our greatest weapon, power in numbers. I believe that it is time to  begin focusing on our sameness as opposed to our differences and take back our power in order that we may focus it on more important things like doing what we can to stop the rape of planet earth, the Mother who sustains us all. I believe that whatever it is that allows some humans to oppress other human beings, weather they are women, slaves, gays or any others, is rooted in greed, the desire for power and the idea, held by those who have the power, that they deserve it and are the only ones with the God given right to wield it.

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Misogyny, Androgyny, and Sexual Harassment:

A very enlightening paper by Meredith Render, in which she is seeking answers to the following questions posed in the following quote:

Over the last few years, both feminists and queer theorists have been asking …: what is wrong with sexual harassment? During the period leading up to and following the Supreme Court's decision in the same-sex sexual harassment case of Onacle v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc., feminists and queer theorists have become increasingly interested in the theoretical underpinnings of sexual harassment doctrine. The devate has centered primarily on the “why” question of sexual harassment, that is why are the interactions that legal doctrines defines as “sexual harassment” wrong or harmful? More importantly, the “why” debate asks, why should we consiter sexually harassing conduct be a form of discrimination because of sex? What does it mean to discriminate because of sex: What does “sex” eveen mean nowadays?”
Please see the entire text. It is a fascinating read.
Misogyny, Androgyny, and Sexual Harassment: Sex Discrimination in a Gender-Deconstructed World