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Thread #153944   Message #3609556
Posted By: GUEST
14-Mar-14 - 04:26 AM
Thread Name: Has folk forgotten feminism?
Subject: RE: Has folk forgotten feminism?
@Guest Hunky dory
Not quite, but a difference exists between the Guardian's definition of feminism, which touches on female chauvinism, and sexual equality. If the Guardian reproaches the folk world of not being feminist enough, a rational reply may well be to thank them for their compliment.
One of my female friends, for example, is far less feminist than I am. A senior medic, "she enjoys being a girl", as Peggy Lee had it. So not all women want their definition of equality, the price they pay for it in carrying an equal load isn't the kind of load they want to carry. The fact men have no choice in the matter isn't something they want to consider.
So maybe we are near a rational balance: there are still glass ceilings to break, and until they are the need for radical feminism continues, but should the folk movement become defined by radicalism writ wide or narrow? No. It has a place for it, sure, but not as a definitive element of the tradition, at least in the UK.