Sororities and Feminism

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by als463

Actually, you have had conversations with me and they have always ended in you being rude or finding fault with whatever I say. This is a great example. Later on you stated, "Sometimes before you say you are or aren't something, you need to define it. IF after defining it, you STILL aren't a feminist, fine." Why must I define anything for you? How do you know that I do not know the definition? When I earned my second master's degree, I also earned a certificate of advanced study in women's studies with a great deal of my courses being in feminism (to include black feminist theories). I think I have a pretty good idea of what feminism is about. Did I say it was bad? No. I said that I do not identify with being a feminist. Now, does that answer suffice or are you going to assume I am uneducated on the topic and have no clue what I am talking about?

As far as DGTess is concerned, I'm glad that you were not sexually harassed while in the military. That's great. In my nine years in the Army, I was. It appeared in your response that you were insinuating that I did something to make the males in my unit believe I was a "weaker" sex. Last time I checked, that was called victim-blaming (though I never viewed myself as a victim). I never gave that impression. When you are in a unit of nothing but men and you deploy with them to a war zone, you see the true colors of many of these "happily married men" who attempt to see how far you will go. Thankfully, I have my integrity and would never have done anything with anyone---especially with people who were married or attached in any way. Please don't assume that because I had been sexually harassed on numerous ocassions, that I "asked for it" or that I conveyed a particular image to get unwanted attention. I could tell you horror stories of the things that have been said to me by people of the same rank and even superiors. I once had a Captain poke my breast, while in PT clothing, and ask if they "were real."

I am aware of what feminism is about. I know about rape culture (unfortunately, I actually took an entire class on rape--depressing course). The question was about feminism and sororities. I gave my opinion as to how some people, not saying me, could attempt to answer the question.

First of all, not everything I post on GC is directed at you. Secondly, I am never rude to you. If I disagree with you that is one thing, but I don't purposely attack you. You on the other hand are openly hostile to people on many occasions. As for your statement that I "have a knack for finding fault with everything" you say, it's completely preposterous since I haven't had a conversation with you for MONTHS. In fact, I purposely don't engage you. The last time I responded to you was in the Penn State thread. Sorry if you are overly touchy about Penn State, but that in no way means that I find fault with everything you say. You still haven't said why you aren't a feminist, BTW. You know...this is a discussion board. No one is attacking you. It's called conversation. Maybe we all will learn something from hearing from someone who doesn't feel the same way we all do. If someone asks you a question, you don't have to take it as a slam. I'm not sure why you come on GC if you don't want to participate in a free flow of ideas and jump down people's throats when they try to engage with you.