On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Charles Brown wrote:
> I'm saying that a heterosexual should _not_ consider herself in the same
> type of oppressor class relative to homosexuals as a man does in considering
> his relationship to women. Exactly.
>
> I am putting forth the view that there is no such thing as heterosexISM.
> "Ism" words are inappropriate to use to describe the social and political
> phenomena of hetersexual/homosexual social relations.
This is an astonishing claim. Heterosexuals in our society enjoy many social and political advantages over other sexual identity groups. CB's post kinda reminds me of the recent Gallup poll that reported whites' perception that racism is not that big of a problem in our society anymore.
(When you belong to the privileged group, you tend to take your privileges for granted.)
Miles