ignore this, it's about women and sexism ...

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

Kelley:
>that you can't be bothered to argue any of the points onlyl reveals to me
>just how lightly you take this issue.  had someone noted that the media
>only ever portrays relations between people of the same race and when it
>portrays them otherwise they're seriously problematic, no one on this list
>would have objected with "oh but what about this film or that film"  y'all
>would have been silent or supportive and jumped right on the wagon in order
>to display your solidarity with anti racist arguments.  but, because this
>is about gender and sexism, it's apparently a-okay to dismiss the arguments
>with a paternalistic reference to some classic movie thereby displaying
>your authority as an older man with oh so much more knowledge.

I don't think it's any different with race.  In any case, silliness that
surfaces in this sort of discussion in an "integrated" setting due to the
ignorance or indifference of those whom race- and/or gender-specific
oppressions do not affect personally indicates a continuing need for
autonomous organizing among the oppressed, along with "integrated"
organizing.  One doesn't want to be stuck in rehearsing Feminism 101 for
ever.  Leave it to feminist guys to deal with non-feminist guys; it's their
responsibility.

Yoshie