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As far as I know, women aren't a minority. They have longer lifespans than men. But overall I do agree, they needed some extra rights. However, the feminist mo
by Ygg2 8y ago
As far as I know, women aren't a minority. They have longer lifespans than men.
But overall I do agree, they needed some extra rights. However, the feminist movement now feels extraneous, as most of their rights have been achieved.
Like any good bureaucracy, IMO the organization exists to further promote its existence, goals be damned.
- tghw 8y agoNo, but women are marginalized in many aspects of life, including their careers. That leads them to be minorities in leadership positions and other positions of power, which then perpetuates the cycle.
- rexpop 8y agoIt's odd to me that you circumscribe justice to only "minorities". On the left, we don't use the word "minority" any longer, because the number of people in the group is largely immaterial in its marginalization. Instead, we talk about "marginalized" groups which, regardless of their size, face systemic disadvantages peculiar to themselves. I consider the American white masses to be marginalized in ways made clear to me by Nancy Isenberg's "White Trash"[1], despite our numerical predominance (and complementary privileges). So when one seeks to falsify Feminism, it doesn't strike me as remotely relevant to discuss the overall ratio of women:men. Women's marginalization is no less significant because it's widespread. To falsify Feminism, instead, one must adopt immutable definitions of "women" "men", I think. I haven't personally teased apart my own socialized gender ontologies, however. 1. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27209433-white-trash http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27209433-white-trash