Doug Henwood wrote:
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> joanna bujes wrote:
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> >Not quite comparable. Feminism imposed by an imperialist power in
> >one of its "colonies" thends to have the opposite effect--even
> >though people "know" better. It feels like an attack on their
> >identity--at least according to Fannon.
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> To the women too? Or just the men?
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> Doug
To what extent has feminism (various definitions) ever enjoyed majority support among women in the U.S.? Haven't many women in the U.S. felt (and don't many still feel) that feminism is an attack on _their_ identity?
I _know_ that many opposed the label. In the '80s and '90s I got innumerable papers from women students containing the phrase, "I'm not a feminist, but..." Some of those using this phrase were reacting _only_ to the label, and were clearly feminists in substance, but . . . .?
Carrol