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Originally posted by KSig RC
Let's discuss the columnist's viewpoint, since she's the one that brought this conversation to light.
I will go on record saying that as long as comments to the extent of 'how can you sit in class next to the men that treated you like objects?' exist, feminism is a failure.
Here's a taste of my argument, in case I'm being a touch obtuse: True feminist doctine preaches equality for women, not separatist actions. There is no uniquely female culture - the entire concept is anti-feminist.
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I pretty much agree with you -- however, I don't think the columnist would consider herself a feminist. I got the impression that she wanted to play morality police and was invoking a pseudo-feminist viewpoint because she thought that her audience would respond to that better than "Put your damn clothes on, you hoes."
If she DOES consider herself a feminist, she needs to do a little more reading on what it's actually about. Personally, I think that trying to restrict other women's behavior while playing into the whole "sexual = objectified" thing is basically incompatible with feminism, but that's just me.