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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 14:02:30 -0500
From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood-AT-panix.com>
Subject: Re: M-FEM: Enough telling off


malgosia askanas wrote:

> To put it differently:
>it is assumed that if something acquires pop-culture value as an atribute
>of power, and this something cannot be related to the traditional model
>of feminine "cunt power", then this something must be a substitute for
>the penis, because any image of power not reducible to "cunt power" must
>be ipso facto male gendered.

This formulation implies that our notion of "cunt power" can never change.
In fact the very evolution of that word, from one that used to be verboten
in feminist circles into one that is a symbol of assertiveness and power,
from a word I never heard a woman use 20 years ago into one that they often
use in very positive ways, says something, doesn't it?

Doug





   

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