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Old 8th August 2007, 04:13 PM   #20 (permalink)
j. d. worthington
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Re: The Dispossessed

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Originally Posted by Thadlerian View Post
That's easy. A woman sufficently socialized in a patriarchal society, rarely given the opportunity to develop critical thought, will fight against feminist ideals that threaten the world-order she has grown up with and learned to call her own. When oppression of you is a fact of your existence, it will not seem a result of other people's power abuse, but "the way things are".
Agreed. And, however horrific the norm is, for you it is the norm. Anything that promises change to what you are familiar with tends to be threatening... even if it is to improve the quality of your life a thousandfold.....
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