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From: moiram@tektronix.UUCP (Moira Mallison )
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Subject: feminist movement
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Date: Fri, 12-Oct-84 16:51:52 EDT
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> I think the 'feminist' movement of the 60's and 70's has made its mistakes. I
> think it only concentrated on half of the population (women) and largely
> ignored the other half (men). I think it assumed that women were being
> oppressed by men and failed to see that men and women were both being
> oppressed. I think it saw the faults of men and remained blind to faults of
> women. I think it regarded gentleness and sensitivity as basically female
> or feminine qualities and therefore indirectly forced men to choose between
> being insensitive or becoming more 'feminine'. I think the feminist movement
> could have had a broader vision.
>							Farzin Mokhtarian
>							< ubc-vision!mokhtar >

While I agree with your assessment of some of the mistakes made by radical
feminists, I am disturbed by your implication that the feminist movement
is history.  Or, perhaps you feel that the feminist movement of the 80's
ISN'T making these mistakes?

a HUMANIST at heart,

Moira Mallison
tektronix!moiram