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Date: Sun, 3 Aug 1997 11:37:19 -0500
From: Yoshie Furuhashi <Furuhashi.1-AT-osu.edu>
Subject: Re: M-FEM: Queer Kids and the...Libertarianism/Individualism


Malgosia wrote:
>It depends on what kind of feminism you're looking at.  "Feminism" is not
>some kind of a unified movement or area of endeavor; there are different
>feminisms.  I agree with you that the important sex-work issues are labor
>issues.  To the extent to which this type of labor is predominantly done
>by women, this labor issue is also a feminist issue.  The fact that the
>kind of feminism that is most vocal in the US approaches the issue from
>the perspective of "image and emotion" is hardly surprising -- it is rooted
>in the ideology of the status quo.

Also, many feminists recognize the following:

1) Prejudice against gays and lesbians is deeply related to sexism. So I
say that defense of gay and lesbian sex workers' rights should be on the
feminist agenda, as part of the defense of workers' rights, yes, but not
quite reducible to it.

2) Many feminists also recognize that men are in some ways hurt by sexism,
too, even though they get many privileges denied women because of it.

Yoshie




   

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