Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 12:15:53 -0800 From: Diane Davis <dddavis-AT-infi.net> Subject: Re: superWOman was here This amused lurker would just like to send a resounding DITTO to Eric's "counter-quibble." Exactly. DDD Department of English Old Dominion University dddavis-AT-infi.net ===============Erik D Lindberg wrote: > > On Thu, 14 Dec 1995, COMIN TO YOU DIRECTLY FROM THE MOTHER SHIP wrote: > > > I state categorically: the patriarchy is a myth, there is no > > societally imposed 'system to oppress women,' I there are no > > evil patriarchs meeting in cemetaries in Prague or anywhere else > > for that matter. The world does not revolve around you and your > > particular problems. > > > I think the quibbling is lame, but this counter-quibble does not add > much. From a Nietzschean standpoint, for instance, categorical > statements are to be viewed with great suspicion. > > And as for what you happen to state categorically, you do not seem too > acquainted with the arguments that discuss the oppression of women (and > others). Although the arguments are multifarious, most share the view > that power is NOT wielded by some sort of conspiracy or > secret organized structure, and is thus all the more insidious. Your > response is the sort I get from Freshman Composition students who resist > admitting that their can be forms of coersion and manipulation--in short > ideology--that are not overt and institutionalized by recognizable > organizations of legitimacy. Look at a billboard, watch TV, drink a > Coors, listen in on a conversation between two couples, recall who went > out into the world and did "heroic" things and who had to stay home and > wipe your snotty nose (as well as all the other unrecognized work of > raising children) in your family and those around you, and you MAY catch > on to some of the subtle (or not so subtle) mechanisms, symbolic codes, > and conventions employed by your mythological patriarchy. > > > > > --- from list nietzsche-AT-jefferson.village.virginia.edu --- > > > > Erik D. Lindberg > Dept. of English and Comparative Lit. > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > Milwaukee, WI 53211 > email: edl-AT-csd.uwm.edu > > --- from list nietzsche-AT-jefferson.village.virginia.edu --- -- [Mappings] in=txt,,TEXT,text,plain out=txt,ttxt,TEXT,text,plain both=doc,MSWD,,application,msword in=xls,XCEL,,, out=xls,XCEL,XLS4,, both=xlc,XCEL,XLC3,, both=xlm,XCEL,XLM3,, both=ppt,PPT3,SLD3,, both=wp,WPC2,.WP5,application,wordperfect5.1 both=zip,,,application,zip both=rtf,,,application,rtf both=ps,,,application,postcript in=eps,,EPSF,, out=eps,dPro,EPSF,application,postscript both=mpg,,,video,mpeg both=jpg,,,image,jpeg both=gif,,,image,gif both=tif,,,image,tiff both=pct,,PICT,, both=mac,MPNT,PNTG,, [Switches] ImmediateSend=0 --- from list nietzsche-AT-jefferson.village.virginia.edu --- ------------------
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