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Thread #65087   Message #1069036
Posted By: Thomas the Rhymer
10-Dec-03 - 01:53 AM
Thread Name: Why is misogyny so prevalent in trad?
Subject: RE: Why is misogyny so prevalent in trad?
OK... I'm blushing... I've overstated me query, and I have the flu to blame it on. Misogyny was a poor word to use and I'm sorry to have done so... I have issues with the 'less than progressive' trad outlook on women's roles (and consequentially men's too) in society. It is this histoical perspective that I was calling (and wrongly so) misogyny... and I was doing so because in my mind, it is misogynystic to categorically 'overlook' the freedoms and responsibilities that modern women (and men) face in this very different world we now live in. I am not a trad bashing pop star aspirant... :^)

OK then? Can we be friends? ttr