>The current "trend" in China began with sexist attacks on Mao's widow. I
>agree that one can fear "trends" too much (there is a famous Lenin quote
>which I forget right now which is used to draw ultra-fine lines) -- but some
>trends (and forcing women to take a back seat is one of them) have a
>quite consistent record over a long period of leading to most unfortunate
>ends.
As you can imagine, sexism among leftists is especially grating for me. I don't condone it by any means.
Joanna
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