[lbo-talk] Matriarchy/Patriarchy

Sandy Harris sandyinchina at gmail.com
Tue May 30 00:47:27 PDT 2006


B. <docile_body at yahoo.com> wrote:


> You find the "what nature intends"-type arguments in
> debates about gays ("homosexuality is not natural")
> and diets ("vegetarianism isn't natural") where
> "natural" is conflated with "morally good" or worse,
> "biologically unavoidable."

"Chastity is the most unnatural of perversions." Shaw

Back in highschool, I read "Man and Superman", with the "Revolutionist's Handbook" appendix supposedly written by one of the characters. I then quoted that collection of one-liners in almost every essay through university. I'm surpised and delighted to find it still relevant here.

-- Sandy Harris Zhuhai, Guangdong, China



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